Lauffen am Neckar
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Lauffen am Neckar or simply Lauffen is a town in the district of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is on the river Neckar, 9 kilometres southwest of Heilbronn. The town is famous as the birthp
Neckar bridge at Lauffen
Lauffen as seen from the Geigersberg hill
Villa rustica in Lauffen
Painting in the Regiswindis Church depicting emperor Ludwig granting margrave Ernst the fiefdom of Lauffen in 832
Friedrich Hölderlin
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Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin was a German poet and philosopher. Described by Norbert von Hellingrath as "the most German of Germans", Hölderlin was a key figure of German Romanticism. Particul
Lauffen am Neckar
…Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is on the river Neckar, 9 kilometres (6 miles) southwest of Heilbronn. The town is famous as the birthplace of the poet Friedrich Hölderlin and for its quality wines – in particular the "Lauffener Katzenbeißer Schwarzriesling". Lauffen is located in the southern part of the district of…
Hölderlin by Franz Carl Hiemer, 1792
Friedrich Hölderlin's birthplace, Lauffen am Neckar
Hölderlin attended the Tübinger Stift (pictured) from 1788 to 1793.
The first floor of the yellow tower (now known as the Hölderlinturm) was Hölderlin's place of residence from 1807 until his death in 1843.