Map	Coat of arms
Basic information
State:	Germany
Federal state:	Baden-Württemberg
District:	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
Latitude and Longitude:	49° 22' north 08° 34' east
Elevation:	100 m above sea level
Area:	21,62 km²
Population:	22.635 (31.03.2004)
Population density:	1.047 residents / km²
Postal code:	68723
Telephone prefix:	06202
License plate prefix:	HD
Website:	www.schwetzingen.de
E-Mail:	info@schwetzingen.de
Politics
mayor:	Bernd Kappenstein

Schwetzingen is a German city lying in the northwest of Baden-Württemberg, around 10 km southwest of Heidelberg and 15 km southeast of Mannheim. Schwetzingen is one of the 5 biggest cities of the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district and it is a medium-sized center including the cities and municipals of Altlußheim, Brühl, Hockenheim, Ketsch, Neulußheim, Oftersheim, Plankstadt and Reilingen near the higher ranked city of Mannheim. Image File history File links map of germany, Schwetzingen is marked File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Coat of Arms of Schwetzingen File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A state is an organized political community occupying a definite territory, having an organized government, and possessing internal and external sovereignty. ... A federal state is one that brings together a number of different political communities with a common government for common purposes, and separate state or provincial or cantonal governments for the particular purposes of each community. ... Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in south-western Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ... Local government areas called districts are used, or have been used, in several countries. ... Rhein-Neckar is a district (Kreis) in the north-west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... -1... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A postal code is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. ... A mayor (from the Latin maÄ«or, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... Sydney, Australia at Night. ... Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in south-western Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ... Heidelberg (halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Basic information Country: Germany Federal state: Land Baden-Württemberg Regions: Rhein-Neckar District: Independent municipality Population: 324,787 (Mai 2005) Additional information Area: 144. ... Rhein-Neckar is a district (Kreis) in the north-west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Hockenheim is a German city in northwest Baden-Württemberg, about 20 km south of Mannheim. ... Basic information Country: Germany Federal state: Land Baden-Württemberg Regions: Rhein-Neckar District: Independent municipality Population: 324,787 (Mai 2005) Additional information Area: 144. ...

Geography

Schwetzingen is located in the Rhine-Neckar-triangle in the plain of the Rhine river, lying west of the Odenwald and in the east of the Rhine. A small stream, the Leimbach, runs through the city and flows into the Rhine river, which is not far away. At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (German Rhein, French Rhin, Dutch Rijn, Romansch: Rein, Italian: Reno) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ... The Neckar is a river in Germany, a major tributary of the River Rhine, which it joins at Mannheim. ... At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (German Rhein, French Rhin, Dutch Rijn, Romansch: Rein, Italian: Reno) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ... The Odenwald is a mountain chain in southern Hessen, northern Bavaria and northern Baden-Württemberg. ... At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (German Rhein, French Rhin, Dutch Rijn, Romansch: Rein, Italian: Reno) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ... At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (German Rhein, French Rhin, Dutch Rijn, Romansch: Rein, Italian: Reno) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ...

Neighbouring municipals

The following municipals, listed clockwise beginning in the north, border on the city limits of Schwetzingen: Mannheim, Plankstadt, Oftersheim, Hockenheim, Ketsch and Brühl. The municipal area of Schwetzingen has completely consolidated with Oftersheim. The limits of Plankstadt are only separated by one street from the limits of Schwetzingen. Basic information Country: Germany Federal state: Land Baden-Württemberg Regions: Rhein-Neckar District: Independent municipality Population: 324,787 (Mai 2005) Additional information Area: 144. ... Hockenheim is a German city in northwest Baden-Württemberg, about 20 km south of Mannheim. ...

History

Schwetzingen was mentioned as "suezzingen" for the first time in 766 in the Lorscher Codex but there are already traces of settlement from the Stone Age. Originally it consisted of two settlements, Ober- and Unterschwetzingen, that grew together in the course of the 17th and 18th century. Originally the town belonged to the diocese of Worms, but fell under the reign of the counts of the Palatinate in the 12th century. Events November 16 - Nicetas appointed Patriarch of Constantinople Births January 1 - Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. ... Stone Age fishing hook. ... // Worms (pronounced ) is a city in the southwest of Germany. ... A palatinate is a territory administered by a count palatine, originally the direct representative of the sovereign, but later the hereditary ruler of the territory subject to the crowns overlordship. ...

The moated castle of Schwetzingen is mentioned for the first time in 1350. It was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War and in the following War of the Palatinate Succession; it was rebuilt by count Johann Wilhelm and his predecessor. From 1720 on it served temporarily as the residence of the Prince Elector Karl Philip after he moved away from Heidelberg. Later on it served as a summer residence of the electorate. Events 29 August - An English fleet personally commanded by King Edward III defeats a Spanish fleet in the battle of Les Espagnols sur Mer. ... The victory of Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) The Thirty Years War was a conflict fought between the years 1618 and 1648, principally on the territory of todays Germany, but also involving most of the major continental powers. ... // Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ... The prince-electors or electoral princes of the Holy Roman Empire — German: Kurfürst ( - singular), Kurfürsten (plural) — were the members of the electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire, having the function of electing the Emperors of Germany. ... Heidelberg (halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... In politics, an electorate is the group of entities entitled to vote in an election. ...

The Schwetzingen Castle began as a simple aristocratic fishing retreat (much like Versailles began as a hunting retreat) and had an eventful architectural history, in several phases of construction, especially during the reigns of the Electors Palatine Karl Philip (1716-1742) and Karl IV Theodor (1742-1799) who, as their answer to Versailles, embellished the castle gardens with some of the finest and most elaborate formal water parterres in Germany gardens. This article is about the city of Versailles. ... A palatinate is a territory administered by a count palatine, originally the direct representative of the sovereign, but later the hereditary ruler of the territory subject to the crowns overlordship. ... Karl Theodor (born in 1724) reigned as Duke of Bavaria from 1777 until his death in 1799. ... A parterre is a formal garden construction on a level surface consisting of planting beds, edged in stone or tightly clipped hedging and gravel paths arranged to form a pleasing pattern. ... See also subsistence gardening, the art and craft of growing plants, considered as a circumscribed form of individual agriculture. ...

As it evolved, the high central Baroque block of the Castle was extended to either side (from 1747 onwards) in matching curved ranges of glazed arcades that were punctuated by pavilions which followed the arc of the vast garden circle. They partly enclose the circle bisected by a wide gravel axis flanked by parterres which centers on a spring-fed water-basin inspired by the bassin of Diana at Versailles, but here expressing the more appropriately water-centered Greek myth of the poet Arion and the dolphins. Arion on a sea horse, as pictured by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1855). ...

On the other side at the entrance, a mulberry-tree allée stretched from the center of the Castle to the city of Heidelberg, 10km away on the horizon, truly a remarkable feat of autocratic landscaping. An avenue at Alexandra Park, London. ... Heidelberg (halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ...

The curving outbuildings of Schwetzingen inspired the smaller Rococo perfections of Schloss Benrath, with its quarter arcs of matching corps de logis embracing a formal sheet of water, built for Carl Theodor near Düsseldorf, 1756 - 1770. Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and (together with Cologne) the economic center of Northwestern Germany. ...

In 1759 Schwetzingen received permission to host markets and was developed into a baroque city through the 18th century.1803 With the complete Palatine electorate east of the Rhine, Schwetzingen fell into the hands of the grand duchy of Baden and was made the official residence. In 1833 Schwetzingen was given city status by Grand Duke Leopold of Baden. The beginning of industrialization in Schwetzingen in the year 1850 made the city an important seat of cigar factories and canneries. Also, the cultivation of asparagus gained importance and has remained one of Schwetzingen's claim to fame. 1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint In the arts, Baroque (or baroque) is both a period and the artistic style that dominated it. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (German Rhein, French Rhin, Dutch Rijn, Romansch: Rein, Italian: Reno) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ... A grand duchy is a form of principality, monarchy which has a Grand Duke or a Grand Duchess as head of state. ... For other uses, see Baden (disambiguation). ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Leopold is a first name that often refers to one of the following: Kings of the Belgians Leopold I of Belgium -- (1790-1865) Leopold II of Belgium -- (1865-1909) Leopold III of Belgium -- (1901-1983) Austria Margraves of Austria from the Babenberg dynasty Leopold I of Austria -- (976-994) Leopold... For other uses, see Baden (disambiguation). ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

For more information (in German) visit: www.schwetzingen.de

Population development

These figures are estimations, official census results (¹) or statistics of the resident´s registration office.

¹ official census results Events George Friderich Handel becomes a British subject. ... 1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... -1... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... 1900 (MCM) is a common year starting on Monday. ... -1... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1950 (MCML in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Politics

Local council

The local council of Schwetzingen has 26 members since the last elections in June 2004.They belong to the following parties:

• CDU Christian Democrats 10 seats
• SPD Social Democrats 5 seats
• FW Free voters organization 4 seats
• SWF Free voters of Schwetzingen 4 seats
• Die Grünen Green party 2 seats
• FDP Liberals 1 seat

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Mayors

• 1833 - 1838: Daniel Helmreich
• 1838 - 1851: Carl Welde
• 1851 - 1855: Josef Vetter
• 1855 - 1865: Johann Wilhelm Ihm
• 1865 - 1883: Heinrich Wittmann
• 1883 - 1898: Karl Mechling
• 1898 - 1904: Heinrich Häfner
• 1904 - 1910: Jean Wipfinger
• 1910 - 1914: Wilfried Hartmann
• 1914 - 1923: Jakob Reinhard
• 1914 - 1918: Georg Pitsch
• 1923 - 1929: Johannes Götz
• 1929 - 1930: Leopold Stratthaus
• 1930 - 1933: Dr. Arthur Trautmann
• 1933 - 1945: Arthur Stober
• 1945: Ernst Karl
• 1945 - 1948: Dr. Valentin Gaa
• 1948 - 1954: Franz Dusberger
• 1954 - 1961: Hans Kahrmann
• 1961 - 1962: Adolf Schmitt
• 1962 - 1981: Kurt Waibel
• 1981 - 1982: Walter Bährle
• 1982 - 1998: Gerhard Stratthaus
• 1999 - today: Bernd Kappenstein

1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... | Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... | Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1904 (MCMIV) is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1904 (MCMIV) is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... -1... -1... 1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI in Roman) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI in Roman) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Schwetzingen consists of a divided shield with a golden lion on the upper half on a black background and on the lower half there is a silver ring on blue background. The city flag is white and blue. The lion symbolizes the Palatine Electorate, of which Schwetzingen was a member until 1803. The ring was originally a wheel originating from the seal of an inhabitant who had contacts to the castle of Schwetzingen. A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ...

Twin towns

Schwetzingen is twinned with This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the different concept of physically neighbouring cities. ...

• Lunéville, France, since 1969
• Pápa, Hungary, since 1992

Lunéville is a commune in the French région of Lorraine. ... Pápa is a historical town in Veszprém county, Hungary, located close to the northern edge of the Bakony Hills. ...

Economy and Infrastructure

Transportation

Schwetzingen lies relatively favourably between the two autobahns A 5 (with the junction Heidelberg/Schwetzingen) and A 6 (with the junctions Schwetzingen/Hockenheim and Mannheim/Schwetzingen). Since 1870 the city is connected to the Mannheim - Karlsruhe rail system. The German and Austrian autobahn sign The Swiss autobahn sign Autobahn (pronounced in IPA) is the German word for a major high-speed road confined to motor vehicles and having full control of access, similar to a motorway or freeway in English-speaking countries. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Between 1910 and 1938 there was a tramline connecting Schwetzingen and Ketsch, between 1927 and 1973 there was also a tramline connecting Heidelberg with Schwetzingen.-1... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

Media

In Schwetzingen the daily newspaper is the "Schwetzinger Zeitung", which is a local newspaper published by the "Mannheimer Morgen".

Public institutions

In Schwetzingen there is a district court, a notary´s office, an internal revenue service, a customs office and an employment office.

Education

The city maintains the Hebel-Gymnasium, the Karl-Friedrich-Schimper-Realschule, the Hilda Hauptschule, four elemantary schools (Grundschule Hirschacker, Johann-Michael-Zeyher Grundschule, Nordstadt-Grundschule and Südstadt-Grundschule) as well as a special school, the Kurt-Waibel-Förderschule. Furthermore there are two vocational schools (Carl-Theodor- and Erhart-Schott-School) and the Comenius-School for mentally handicapped. In the left wing of Schwetzingen´s castle there is an advanced technical college for administration of justice, maintained by the state of Baden-Württemberg. Hebel can refer to: A placename in Australia Hebel, Balonne Shire, Queensland, Australia An alternative transliteration of the Hebrew language name of the Biblical figure Abel Johann Peter Hebel (1760-1826), German poet This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... A gymnasium is a type of school of secondary education in parts of Europe. ... In Germany, the Realschule was an outgrowth of the realistic tendencies of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. ... A Hauptschule (German: main school) is a German secondary school, starting after 6 or 4 years of elementary schooling, depending on the Bundesland in which they are located. ... Comenius on a Czechoslovak 20 koruna banknote Jan Amos Komenský (Latinized Comenius) (March 28, 1592, in Moravia (now the Czech Republic) – November 15, 1670, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) was a Czech teacher, scientist, educator and writer, known as teacher of nations. ... Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in south-western Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ...

Culture and sights

Theatre

The * Rokokotheater which was built in 1751-1752 by Nicolas de Pigage in the complex of Schloss Schwetzingen hosts -- among other events -- the music festival Schwetzinger Festspiele. Events Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow March 25 - For the last time, New Years Day is legally on March 25 in England and Wales. ... 1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Buildings

The castle in Schwetzingen is the most famous landmark of the city. The accompanying garden is also very famous as there are elements of French baroque styles combined with the English gardening style. Also worth seeing are the theatre, the orangery, the bath, the Apollo temple, Mercury temple, the mosque (built 1778 – 1791), the Minerva temple and the fountain of Arion. Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint In the arts, Baroque (or baroque) is both a period and the artistic style that dominated it. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... Statue of Apollo at the British Museum Apollo (Greek: Απόλλων, Apóllōn; Απελλων) is a god in Greek and Roman mythology, the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin of Artemis (goddess of the hunt), one of the most important and many-sided of the Olympian divinities. ... This article treats Mercury in cult practice and in archaic Rome. ... For other uses, see Minerva (disambiguation). ... Arion on a sea horse, as pictured by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1855). ...

The city hall was built in 1821 and expanded in 1889, 1912 and 1919. 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

There are five churches in Schwetzingen:

• Catholic church St. Pankratius (built 1736/38, modified 1763/65)
• Catholic church St. Maria (built 1958)
• Catholic church St. Josef
• Protestant church (built 1756, expanded 1884/88 and 1912/13)

Events January 26 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Regular events

• September/October: Mozartfestival
• Schwetzinger Festspiele, music festival
• European Concours d'Elegance
• the castle square party
• Fiesta Mexicana
• Christmas fair

External links

• homepage of Schwetzingen
• homepage of the Rhein-Neckar-district
• More information about the Schloss and its garden