Statue on interior walls of the Gothic and Renaissance Schloss (Castle)- Heidelberg, Germany.
The castle is a mix of styles from Gothic to Renaissance Prince Elector Ruprecht III 1398 1410 erected the first representative building in the inner courtyard as a regal residence The building was divided into a ground floor made of stone and framework upper levels Another regal building is located opposite to the Ruprecht Building The Fountain Hall Prince Elector Philipp 1476 1508 is said to have arranged the transfer of the hall s columns from a decayed palace of Charlemagne to Heidelberg In the 16th and 17th century the Prince Electors added two representative palace buildings and turned the fortress into a castle The two dominant buildings at the eastern and northern side of the courtyard were erected during the rule of Ottheinrich 1556 1559 and Friedrich IV 1583 1610 Under Friedrich V 1613 1619 the main building of the westside was erected the so called English Building The castle and its garden were destroyed several times during the 30 Years War and the Palatine war of succession When Prince Elector Karl Theodor who resided in Schwetzingen tried to restore the castle lightning struck the Castle in 1764 and finished all attempts to rebuild the castle Later on the castle was misused as a quarry castle stones helped to build new houses in Heidelberg This was stopped in 1800 by Count Charles de Graimberg who made any effort he could to preserve the Heidelberg Castle In spite of its Gothic interior it was not before 1934 that the King s Hall was added Today the hall is used for festivities e g dinner banquets balls and theatre performances During the Heidelberg Castle Festival in the summer the courtyard is the site of open air musicals operas theatre performances and classical concerts performed by the Heidelberg Philharmonics The castle is surrounded by a park where the famous poet Johann von Goethe once walked The Heidelberger Bergbahn funicular railway runs from Heidelberg s Kornmakt to the summit of the Köni
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Location: Heidelberg castle, city of Heidelberg, Baden-Württe state, Germany
Photo credit: © Ryan Fox / Alamy / Afripics
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