Die historische Innenstadt ist in Häuserblöcken statt in Straßenzügen angelegt und trägt daher auch den Beinamen Quadratestadt. Blick auf das Museum Weltkulturen im Quadrat D5 der Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen und das Rathaus Mannheim im Quadrat E5. Mannheim is rather unusual among German cities in that the streets and avenues of Mannheim's central area are laid out in a grid pattern, just like most North American and Australian cities and towns are. Because of this, the city's nickname is "die Quadratestadt" - the German word for "city of the squares". View over the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen Mannheim and the townhall Mannheim.