University Towns in Germany - Heidelberg, Marburg, Freiburg Im Breisgau, Tubingen, Konstanz, Greifswald, Gottingen, Jena (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Heidelberg, Marburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Tubingen, Konstanz, Greifswald, Gottingen, Jena. Excerpt: Heidelberg is a German city situated in the south-west of the country. The fifth largest city of the German State of Baden-Wurttemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim, Karlsruhe and Freiburg im Breisgau, Heidelberg is part of a densely populated region known as the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region. As of 2009, over 145,000 people live within the city's area. Heidelberg lies on the River Neckar in a steep valley in the Odenwald. Heidelberg - having been a former residence of the Electoral Palatinate in the past - is the seat of the University of Heidelberg, which is well-known far beyond its and Germany's borders. Heidelberg is also a popular tourist destination due to its romantic and picturesque cityscape's character, including the Heidelberg Castle and the baroque style Old Town. The US Army has had a military base in Heidelberg since 1951. Heidelberg is partly situated in the Rhine Rift Valley, mainly on the left bank of the lower part of the River Neckar. Being located in a bottom of a valley, it is bordered by the mountain Konigsstuhl (568 m) and the mountain Gaisberg (375 m). The River Neckar flows here in an east-west direction. On the right bank of the river, the mountain Heiligenberg (445 m) rises. The River Neckar leads to the River Rhine approximately 22 kilometres north-westerly in Mannheim, measured from the end of the bottom of the valley. The villages incorporated during the 20th century reach from the Neckar Valley through the Bergstrasse, a street situated alongside the hillside of the Odenwald. Moreover Heidelberg touches the European walking route E1 (Sweden-Umbria). The districts of Heidelberg The Altstadt seen from the mountain Konigsstuhl Since Heidelberg is among the warmest regions of Germany, some p..