Heidelberg Castle is a ruin in Germany and landmark of Heidelberg. The castle ruins are among the most important Renaissance structures north of the Alps.
Heidelberg Castle
Heidelberg Castle in 1620
The earliest known depiction of the castle, from Sebastian Münster's Kalendarium Hebraicum published in 1527 (detail)
Heidelberger Schloss Innenhof um 1683 Johann Ulrich Kraus
Heidelberg is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914, of which roughly a quarter consisted of students.
View from Heidelberg Castle park on the city with Heiliggeistkirche and Old Bridge over the Neckar
Heidelberg seen from Königstuhl
The Old Town
Heidelberg on the Neckar at night