Reflections of buildings of the Alstadt Old Town in buildings on Untere Straße lower street Heidelberg Germany
Reflections of buildings of the Alstadt Old Town in buildings on Untere Straße lower street Heidelberg Germany The old town German Altstadt located at the southern side of the Neckar is long and narrow and is dominated by the ruins of the Heidelberg Castle which perches 80 metres above the Neckar on the steep wooded side of the Königstuhl English King s chair or throne hill The Karls gate Karlstor is a triumphal arch in honour of the Prince Elector Karl Theodor located at Heidelberg s very east It was erected from 1775 until 1781 and designed by Nicolas de Pigage The house Zum Ritter Sankt Georg Knight St George is one of the few buildings to survive the war of succession Standing across from the Church of the Holy Spirit it was built in the style of the late Renaissance It is named after the sculpture at the top The Marstall was an arsenal of the Heidelberg Castle in which several different goods were stored The 19th century building we see today was created in a neo classical style Since 1971 the Marstall has housed lecture halls of the university The old bridge is a stone bridge which was erected from 1786 to 1788 There is a medieval bridge gate on the side of the old town originally part of its town wall Baroque tower helmets were added as part of the erection of the stone bridge in 1788 Heidelberg is a city in Baden Württemberg Germany As of 2006 over 140 000 people live within the city s 109 square kilometres 42 sq mi area The town of Heidelberg is an administrative district of its own Although not being part of it the Rhein Neckar Kreis the rural district which surrounds the town has its seat in Heidelberg Heidelberg lies on the river Neckar at the point where it leaves its narrow steep valley in the Odenwald to flow into the Rhine valley where 20 kilometres 12 mi Northwest of Heidelberg it joins the river Rhine at Mannheim Heidelberg is part of a densely populated region known as the Rhein Neckar T
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Location: city of Heidelberg, Baden-Württe state, Germany
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