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