…a native of Heidelberg discovered the Nefertiti? Or that Santa Claus was created by a man from the Southern Palatinate? And that young Mozart impressed the Mannheim prince-elector? We collect interesting stories about the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region for you regularly. Little anecdotes, solid facts and sometimes a little rumour or two…
Did you konw that the Heidelberg Catechism …
connects Christians all over the world?
Did you know that the Homo Heidelbergensis …
was an ancestor of the Neanderthal and lived near Heidelberg?
Did you know that Heidelberg…
is a stronghold of cancer research?
Did you know that a man from the Southern Palatinate region …
created Santa Claus?
Did you know that the Free Democratic Party (FDP), …
was founded in Heppenheim in Southern Hesse?
Did you know that Worms…
is the setting of a major scene in the Reformation history?
Did you know that in Meckesheim …
the modern Caesarean section was invented?
Did you know that Mannheim…
collects the data for the TV-show “ZDF-Politbarometer”?
Did you know that Hochstadt…
is the home town of Elvis Presley’s ancestors?
Did you know that Freudenberg …
invented in Weinheim in times of crisis “Vileda” and the “Simmerring”?
Did you know that in Mannheim …
the foundation for modern weather recordings was laid?
Did you know that Karl Drais…
invented the precursor of the bicycle in Mannheim?
Did you know that bakers …
from all over the world learn their craft in Weinheim?
Did you know that Langnese…
runs Europe’s biggest ice cream factory from Heppenheim?
Did you know that design pens …
made in Heidelberg are in demand all over the world?
Did you know that Lorsch …
was once one of the most important cities north of the Alps?
Did you know that Jens Ritter …
uses his instruments to enchant musicians all over the world?