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Pforzheim

Known for its jewelry and watch making apprenticeship, the city of Pforzheim is one of the most important German Cities. It is because of this predominant profession in the city that it has gained the fame of being called the Golden City.

Having a background rooted in the culture and the tradition of the country, the people of the city of Pforzheim also reflect class and aristocracy in their taste for theater, orchestra and music. Even the museums in the city are the best resources for knowing about the culture and the tradition of the city.

Places to be visited in Pforzheim

Some of the best places to be visited, while idling some leisure time away, are the various theaters and cultural institutions, which organize events like opera, operetta, musicals and drama. Some of the best orchestras that can prove to be the best resort for connoisseurs are the Southwest German Chamber Orchestra and the Sinfonic Orchestra. Some of the other notable cultural institutions that are host to similar programs are the House of Culture Osterfeld, Kupferdaechle, The Puppet Theater of Raphael Muerle, The Communal Cinema of Pforzheim, CongressCenter Pforzheim and the City Library.

Pforzheim Museums

Harboring the culture and the tradition of the city of Pforzheim, the museums preserve the ancient artifacts of the city. The lineage of the culture and the heritage of the country are well preserved in the closed boxes of the museums, waiting to be unraveled by the generations to come. Exhibiting artifacts like jewelry, paintings, pre-historic remains and the lineage of various industries, these museums in Pforzheim set up an example before all the cultural institutions in the world. Some of the most important museums in Pforzheim are:
  • Archeological Site Kappelhof
  • Civic Museum Eutingen
  • Museum on the German Democratic Republic
  • Weissenstein Station
  • The Pforzheim Minerals Museum
  • The Pforzheim Gallery
  • The Pforzheim City Museum Pforzheim
  • The Pforzheim Jewellery Museum in the Reuchlinhaus
  • The Center of Fellow-Countrymen Associations
  • The Technical Museum of the Jewellery and Watchmaking Industry of Pforzheim
  • Roman Estate in the Kanzlerwald
  • Reuchlinhaus

Other Places to Visit

Some of the other places to visit in the city of Pforzheim are the Pforzheim Alpine Garden, The Game Animals Zoo and the Brotzingen Valley Stadium.