. The Rhine and northern Germany: handbook for travellers. ry is nextreached (beyond which the descent to the 1. is to be avoided), then (1 M.)the Molkencur, and (3|4 M.) the Castle. The descent should be made by theBurgweg, across the Kornmarkt, through the town past the theatre to theAnlagen, and thence to the stat. A short street leads from the church inthe market-place to the bridge (p. 152), another excellent point of view. Few towns can vie with Heidelberg in the beauty of its en-virons and its historical interest. Count Palatine Otho of Wittels-bach (1228—53) transferred the seat of his
. The Rhine and northern Germany: handbook for travellers. ry is nextreached (beyond which the descent to the 1. is to be avoided), then (1 M.)the Molkencur, and (3|4 M.) the Castle. The descent should be made by theBurgweg, across the Kornmarkt, through the town past the theatre to theAnlagen, and thence to the stat. A short street leads from the church inthe market-place to the bridge (p. 152), another excellent point of view. Few towns can vie with Heidelberg in the beauty of its en-virons and its historical interest. Count Palatine Otho of Wittels-bach (1228—53) transferred the seat of his government fromStahleck (p. 77), near Bacharach, to Heidelberg, which thusbecame capital of the Palatinate, and continued so for nearly 5 Mm.,;1,1- j-i^.W--1! ■%,■.■■., i-,!P A ■■» ;.■ «■,■.■» ,■ —. « .■,—■WMY ^ < <5 a * J *3II 5S ^ If lligi * 1 ,m«p £ 11 1 % I II i = = - = - = qp^r T\-,: 3m -3T .4- *®mk fjTS 1 I, 4 i £l * 5%^^»J«$?^--,V_V;.J. r *|^rv •■ - .... 3k MshpSbuppb ■wiimiii7<P. ^?^=- ■ 1 ■ :? * ^ tf 1 Tit! i—I ,—■ I HEIDELBERG. 26. Route. 149 centuries, till Elector Charles Philip in 1720, owing to differenceswith the Protestant citizens, transferred his seat to 1802 Heidelberg has belonged to the Grand-duchy of is the key of the valley of the Neckar, which below the townwidens and at length unites with the Rhine, and consists of thelong (1^2 M.) Hauptstrasse, with several less important transverseand parallel streets. Popul. 18,327 (/3 Rom. Cath.). On the flows the river, on the S., parallel with the town, is theiAnlage\ a public promenade, with handsome the W. end is the old Churchyard of St. Anne, in whichthe remains of many eminent men repose. Near the E. extremi-ty of the Anlage, on the 1., is the Prot. Church of St. Peter,with a fine new Gothic tower, where Hieronymus of Prague, thecompanion of Huss, expounded his doctrines in 1406.
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