Tourist attractions Heidelberg

The entry area consists of the Rondell , the Great Tower and the Elizabeth Gate . The southeast corner is formed by the Broken Tower gutted by the French in 1693. The Gothic hall of the Well Wing contains Roman columns originally from one of ..

Laid out between 1758 and 1796 by the architect Nicolas de Pigage from Lorraine, these 72-ha gardens combine the formal perspective of French gardens with the more relaxed style of the 18C, a time when natural landscapes and artificial monuments such..

The Stadtische Kunsthalle museum houses 19C and 20C art. The sculpture department is particularly rich, with works by Rodin, Brancusi, Giacometti, Barlach, Nam June Paik and Richard Long. There are also important works by the French Impressionists, p..

The cathedral was founded in 1030 and remodelled at the end of the 11C. It is a Romanesque basilica with four towers and two domes. The transept is a masterpiece of harmony and balance. The chapel of the Holy Sacrament houses two 15C bas-relief s..

The museum is housed in the Baroque palace built by JA Breunig. The section devoted to the history of the electoral Palatinate contains a mould of the jawbone of prehistoric «Heidelberg Man». The German Primitives department has the Altarpiece of th..

Climb the hill that faces the city until you meet this path, and you will be treated to a spectacular view of Heidelberg and the castle, a scene that is bathed in flamboyant colours at sunset.

This magnificent burgher's house (1592) owes its name to the bust of St George in knight's costume on the scrolled pediment. It is the only house from the end of the Renaissance to have survived the devastations of 1689-1693.

The Alte Brücke , built during the late 18C, is framed on the city side by two towers dating from the fortification of Heidelberg in the Middle Ages; the west tower houses three prison cells.

Destroyed in the 17C, it was rebuilt from 1700-17 in the Baroque style. The central building is flanked by two wings. Its heyday was between 1742 and 1778, when the Elector Charles-Theodor and his wife Elizabeth-Augusta spent their summers here. In 1..

Bathed in natural light, the rooms in the Landesmuseum fur Technik und Arbeit retrace 250 years of industrial history in southwest Germany from the 18C to the 20C. Visitors can also take a ride on a small steam train.

The castle stands on top of a fortified spur. The terrace and tower both offer a majestic view of the bend of the Neckar and wooded valley roundabout.

This massive building, built between 1733 and 1769, is considered the largest Baroque church in the Upper Rhine region. The interior, bathed in light, is covered with marble stuccowork in red and green tones. See the Silver Madonna in her Crown of L..

Housed in an old arsenal (1777-79), the Reiß Museum is divided into three sections. The Fine Arts section displays 18C sculptures and paintings, as well as Baroque and Rococo furniture and a fine collection of European earthenware and porcelain (nota..

This museum interests both young and old. Displayed in exhibition halls and the open air are an impressive number of aircraft, locomotives and cars by all the great manufacturers. Apart from a collection of model boats, the museum also possesses an e..

The most precious item in the prehistory collections is the famous Golden Hat of Schifferstadt. In the shape of a cone, this solid gold religious cult object dates from the 12C BC. The sumptuous collection of art and decorative arts from the 16C to t..

The building in the centre of the medieval Jewish quarter was erected in the 12C. A stairway leads to the first chamber with groined vaulting. A second semicircular staircase then descends to the level of the water-table, where the actual bath is sit..

The prison was used for over-rowdy students between 1712 and 1914. Many of them left inscriptions on the walls to remind future generations of what they considered a glorious episode in their careers.

This Baroque church was built during the 18C by the Heidelberg-born architect JA Breunig. The main façade, modelled on the Jesuit Church in Rome, is the work of FW Rabliatti, architect to the Palatine court. The church has a museum of sacred and lit..

There is a television mast on the peak (568m). From the top, there is a wide panorama of the Neckar Valley from the Odenwald to the Rhineland Plain.

This church is an example of Late Gothic architecture. As in past centuries, covered stalls stand against the walls between the buttresses. The main body and chancel are of the «hall» type, but the height of the nave's side aisles is reduced by galle..