Bensheima little town on the Bergstraße

• History

• Culture

• Young people

• Recreational activities

• Geographical position

• Surrounding area

• City centre

Geographical Position (1)

• Bensheim is a city in Hessen, located between Darmstadt and Mannheim

• It´s near the city of Frankfurt

Geographical Position (2)

city map of Bensheim

History (1)

• More than 1230 years ago Bensheim was mentioned for the first time

• In the 13th century Bensheim was awarded its town charter

• In 1301 Bensheim burnt down

History (2)• During the Thirty Years War (1618-

1648) the legendary „Fraa vun Bensem“ helped to save the town from the Swedish troops

• Now Bensheim and its 9 districts has about 40.000 inhabitants, more than 200 retail stores

and 250 registered companies

City Centre

The Districts of Bensheim (1)

• The city centre (east of the railway line) and its surroundings

• The „western city“ (west of the railway line)• Auerbach (north of the city centre)

The Districts of Bensheim (2)

• The Odenwald communities: Schönberg Wilmshausen Hochstädten Zell Gronau

The Districts of Bensheim (3)

• The communities of the Hessian RiedFehlheimSchwanheimLangwaden

Culture (1)

• On the picture below you can see the „Kirchberghäuschen“

• Other sights are: a big theatre in the citya beautiful park called „Fürstenlager“

Culture (2)

the castle in Auerbach the „Felsenmeer“the Vaudeville „Pegasus“

Young people

• Favourite places are:

• City park

• Slobos (pub)

• 4 classics (disco)

• Apfelbaum (disco)

• Shisha-Bar

• Kakadu (cocktail-bar)

Recreational activities (1)

Summer• swimming in the lakes around

Bensheim

• skating

• mountain biking around the Melibokus (a 517m high mountain)

• walk through the vineyards

Recreational activities (2)

Winter• watching movies at the cinema

• swimming in the „Basinus-Bad“ (an indoor swimming pool)

See you soon in Bensheim!

Presented by

Sonja and Carolin