Mannheim May Market
The Miteinander is the largest regional consumer exhibition of Germany, which always begins on the last Saturday in April and lasts for eleven days. The last day is traditionally the May market Tuesday.
History
The May Market in Mannheim has a long historical background and is related to the (then six year old city) on 10 September in 1613 by Count Palatine Johann II conferred by Zweibrücken market privileges. First, he was primarily a market for merchants and cattle dealer.
In the 18th century it was moved from Market Square under the arcades of the department store on the parade ground. 1876 Schaubude fair was separated from the actual market and laid on the old test site. 1892 pulled a part of Maimarkts into the newly opened slaughterhouse. In 1900, the rest followed in addition to the old cattle and horse market and agricultural equipment, as well as butchery and dairy products have now been issued.
After the Second World War, held the May market in 1949, first in the event building rose garden, later in the slaughterhouse from. In 1962, he was eventually moved from the Mannheim exhibition company on the peace square opposite the Luis Park and be led with extended offers to its present form. Since 1985 the venue is the Maimarktgelände Mühlfeld in the east of the city, after the May market had to make way for the new building of the State Museum of Technology and Work.
In 1989 was built as the first permanent exhibition hall, Maimarkthalle ( 7500 m² ), which is used all year round and pop concerts with up to 12,500 visitors accommodate. Other fixed installations are the glass studio of the SWR as well as several administrative building at the main entrance. 2005 took place in connection with the construction of the SAP Arena in Mannheim connection to the rail network.
Infrastructure & Transportation Connection
The Maimarktgelände covers an area of 210,000 square meters, of which 130,000 infrastructure (water, electricity, telephone, partly WLAN) are developed. Ahead of Maimarktes 47 exhibition halls covering an area of 42,000 square meters will be built starting in February every year. The total exhibition area is about 80,000 square meters. With around 1,500 exhibitors and around 400,000 visitors annually to the Miteinander is on the top among the German regional exhibitions.
Traffic Technically well developed is the area at the motorway junction Mannheim and can be reached directly via the A 656 and B 38a. The S - Bahn stop Mannheim Arena / May market is about 1000 meters. The park area now covers 12,000 parking spaces and can be enlarged on Sundays and public holidays with parts of the neighboring city airports Mannheim to an additional 8,000 parking spaces.
The new building of the SAP Arena in 500 meters distance, the terrain was awarded the much-needed light rail connection directly in front of the main entrance as well as an additional 7,000 parking spaces in September 2005. Previously, you had visitors at the Stadtbahnendstelle Neuostheim change to shuttle buses.
Events
During the May market Maimarkts the international horse show takes place.
On the Maimarktgelände large open- Airkonzerte took place in the past. Inter alia were Queen, Genesis, The Rolling Stones, Robbie Williams, Bon Jovi, Guns N 'Roses, Die Toten Hosen, as well as the festival Monsters of Rock guest in Mannheim. "Wetten, dass. " The most popular German TV entertainment show was broadcast live from the Mannheim Maimarkthalle 1997 and 2005. 2011 was " Candid Camera " as a guest.
Other regular events include the fair for work, education and training Jobs for Future ( February / March), the techno event Time Warp Festival in the spring, with around 14,000 visitors, the REWE Family summer festival with more than 10,000 visitors who Veterama ( largest classic car exhibition in Europe ) with almost 50,000 visitors.
From 1995 to 2010 took place on the Maimarktgelände the annual Jalsa Salana Germany Annual Meeting of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat with an average of over 30,000 participants. Since 2011, this event takes place, which is also the largest Islamic gathering in Europe, held in Karlsruhe Trade Fair Center.
In September 2012, it came on the Maimarktgelände at an international Kurdish cultural festival in serious riots of violent participants in which 80 policemen were injured, some seriously.