Baden-Württemberg · Germany
In the destination Heidelberg and the Floresta Negra.
In the photo: Heidelberger Schloss, Heidelberg
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The city
University city on the banks of the Neckar, about an hour by train from Frankfurt. The ruined castle (Heidelberger Schloss) dominates the hillside, and the Bergbahn funicular climbs to it and to the Königstuhl. Below lie the Altstadt, with the Hauptstraße and the Heiliggeistkirche, the Alte Brücke over the river, the Alte Universität with its museum and the Studentenkarzer, and on the other side of the Neckar the Philosophenweg, with the classic view of the town.
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The local experience
A red sandstone ruin on the slope of the Königsstuhl above the Altstadt. It contains Gothic and Renaissance palaces, the giant wine barrel (Großes Fass), the Deutsches Apotheken-Museum and a terrace with views over the Neckar.
Funicular that departs from Kornmarkt in the Altstadt, stops at the castle and continues to the Molkenkur. There you change to the upper section, with old-style wooden carriages, which climbs to the Königstuhl hill at 568 meters.
Stone bridge over the Neckar, from 1788, with a medieval two-towered gate at the Altstadt end and the bronze statue of the monkey (Brückenaffe). From the middle of the bridge you can see the castle above the town's roofs.
Heidelberg's old town, between the Neckar and the hill, with the Hauptstraße, a 1.6 km pedestrian street between Bismarckplatz and Karlstor, and the squares Marktplatz, Kornmarkt and Universitätsplatz.
Gothic church in the Marktplatz, begun in 1398, which housed the Bibliotheca Palatina and contains the tomb of King Ruprecht. For over two centuries it had a wall dividing Catholics and Protestants. The tower has a viewing platform.
Path along the slope on the north bank of the Neckar, facing the Altstadt and the castle. You climb via the Schlangenweg, a stairway trail between stone walls that starts at the Alte Brücke.
Museum of the University of Heidelberg, the oldest in present-day Germany, founded in 1386. It is housed in the Alte Universität, a Baroque building on Universitätsplatz, and includes the Aula, the university's ceremonial hall.
The old prison of the Universität de Heidelberg, where students served sentences for rowdiness, duels or disrespect. The five cells, from 1823, have walls and ceilings covered with drawings, names and verses by the inmates.
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