Mannheim

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

in Norse mythology, was one of the nine worlds of Northern fable, the middle designed as the habitation of men.

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On the right bank of the Rhine, 55 m. above Mainz; the chief commercial centre of Baden; has manufactures of tobacco, india-rubber, and iron goods, and a growing river trade. An old historical city, it was formerly capital of the Rhenish Palatinate, and a resort of Protestant refugees.