Weinheim Travel Guide
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Weinheim Overview
Weinheim is a town in the north west of the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany with 43,000 inhabitants, approximately 15 km north of Heidelberg (Heidelberg vacation rentals | Heidelberg travel guide) and 10 km northeast of Mannheim (Mannheim vacation rentals | Mannheim travel guide). Together with these cities, it makes up the Rhine-Neckar triangle.
Weinheim has the nickname Zwei-Burgen-Stadt
, or Two-Castle city ('Burg' means 'fortress'), named after the two fortresses on the hill overlooking the town in the east on the edge of the Odenwald, the Windeck and the Wachenburg. Weinheim is situated on the Bergstraße (Mountain Road
) on the western rim of the Odenwald. The old town lies in the valley, with the new part of town further to the west. The Market Square is filled with numerous cafes, as well as the old Rathaus (Council building). Further to the south is the Schlossgarten (Palace garden) and the Exotenwald (Exotic forest), which contains species of trees imported from around the world, but mostly from North America and Japan.
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Things to See in Weinheim
Windeck Castle, originally built around 1100 to protect the Lorsch (Lorsch vacation rentals | Lorsch travel guide) monastery, it was badly damaged in the Thirty Years War and by Louis XIV of France.
Wachenburg Castle, built between 1907 and 1928 by student fraternities.
The Market Square
The Schloss, home of the town council
Gerberbach Quarter, old haunt of the leather makers
Schlosspark
Exotenwald
Weinheim's beautiful synagogue was destroyed on Kristallnacht.
Winheim's town museum occupies what used to be the headquarters of the Teutonic Order in the town and holds exhibits about Weinheim and its surroundings: archaeology from the prehistoric through to the Merovingian dynasty, the highlight of which is the so-called "Nächstenbacher Bronze-find" of 76 objects from the late Bronze Age; displays documenting the Medieval and modern social history of the town and works from contemporary artists.
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- Homepage of Weinheim: Weinheim (official home page)
- Wikipedia: Weinheim
More about the History of Weinheim
Weinheim celebrated its 1250th anniversary in 2005. The earliest record of Weinheim dates back to 755 AD, when the name Winenheim
was recorded in the Lorscher Codex, the record book of the Lorsch (Lorsch vacation rentals | Lorsch travel guide) monastery. In 1000 AD, emperor Otto III bestowed Weinheim the right to hold markets, and in 1065 the right to mint and issue coins. A new town developed next to the old town from 1250. In 1308, the old town was transferred to the Palatinate. From 1368 onwards the whole town belonged to the Electoral Palatinate and its district Heidelberg (Heidelberg vacation rentals | Heidelberg travel guide) since the end of the 14th century. With the transfer to the duke of Baden in 1803, Weinheim became a regional centre, which was unified with the district of Mannheim (Mannheim vacation rentals | Mannheim travel guide) in 1936. From 1938 onwards Weinheim belonged to the new district of Mannheim until January 1, 1973, when the Rhine-Neckar district was formed. The name Weinheim does not derive from wine, which is grown in the region, but rather from Wino's Home
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