I went to Mannheim on Saturday. Did you know that Mannheim has one of the largest baroque palaces in Europe? This isn’t it, though. But it was built as part of the court in the late 18th century, being the armoury. Today it is a museum, one part of the Reiß-Engelhorn-Museums.
The square in front is named after one of Mannheim’s twinned cities, i.e. Toulon in France. On three sides there are other parts of the REM but in newer buildings as Mannheim was heavily bombed during world war II. On the western side is the Friedrich-List-Schule, named after a German economist and political theorist of the early 19th century. The building was erected just after the turn of the 20th century.
Incidentally, the address of the square and the Zeughaus is C6 as the Mannheim city centre doesn’t have street names but the blocks of houses are named according to a grid of letters and numbers centred on the palace.
Cosmic Photo Challenge: Old Buildings
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Another educational post, thank you. I really like that round tower in the second shot
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Only … we couldn’t work out what that nipple meant.
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There isn’t a camera obscura in there, is there?
Or…that’s a very narrow slit window, maybe it was originally for archers defending the building
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Archer: It’s not that old (built in 1906, and always meant to be a school). As for the insides, I wouldn’t know.
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Maybe a dovecote..?
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There are a lot of doves about (and I mean A LOT) but that nipple seems solid.
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I had a closer look. It must be a room, there is a normal window looking down on the square. But whether somebody lives/lived there or whether it was a storage room (possibly to service the clock? because I read that it is still the old clockwork from when it was first built), I couldn’t find out.
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Having an address like C 6 Mannheim seems a bit odd.
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It’s actually C6 (for the block) plus a house no.,i.e. T6 11. It may be unusual for somebody who doesn’t know the system but it’s actually quite logical. What makes it interesting is that not all blocks are the same size and that one has to distinguish between which side of the castle you are looking at.
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Way too complcated for me!
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My sister and I were on a guided tour. One of the other participants (a really annoying lady) asked why there hadn’t been any attempts to bring the street number in line with “international” trends. What utter poppycock. It’s unique! and even if one doesn’t undertand the system what’s the difference between looking for the corner of Chelmesford and Mafeking Street or C and 6?
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ExACTly. Though it’s not as much fun as 13, Acacia Avenue.
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Thanks for the history and the comments added so much more thanks
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Thanks, Brian.
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