Mannheim

[ man-hahym; German mahn-hahym ]

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Mannheim

/ ˈmanhaɪm /

MannheimKarl18931947MHungarianSOCIAL SCIENCE: sociologist Karl (karl). 1893–1947, Hungarian sociologist, living in Britain from 1933: author of Ideology and Utopia (1929) and Man and Society in an Age of Reconstruction (1941)

Mannheim

/ ˈmænhaɪm; ˈmanhaim /

a city in SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar: one of Europe's largest inland harbours; a cultural and musical centre. Pop: 308 353 (2003 est)

For Mannheim, generations were born from historical disruption.

For Mannheim, what defined a generation was the particular slice of history people experienced during those plastic years.

A few days ago a great festival took place at Mannheim, on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of Beethovens birth.

Beautiful Rhine-stream, thrice-beautiful trim Mannheim;—yes, all is beautiful indeed, your Serenity!

Truly there has something come to Papa's knowledge since he started, perhaps since he arrived at Mannheim.

But so stand the facts: it is towards Mannheim, not towards Heidelberg that we are now travelling!

Alas, poor Friedrich Wilhelm has got other matter to think of, by the time we arrive in Mannheim.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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