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The districts of Heidelberg. Heidelberg is located on the eastern edge of the Upper Rhine Plain (German: Oberrheinebene), at the place where the river Neckar leaves its narrow valley through the Odenwald mountains and begins the last leg of its journey across the plain towards Mannheim, where it merges into the Rhine about 20 kilometers downstream.
The Königstuhl (German pronunciation: [ˈkøːnɪçˌʃtuːl]), is a 567.8 metres (1,863 ft) high hill in the Odenwald Mountains and in the city of Heidelberg, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The Königstuhl summit allows visitors views of the city of Heidelberg and the Neckar river.
Since 1993, 636 medals have been awarded to 305 players in the Premier League, an association football league that serves as the top tier of the English football league system. Since the 2012–13 season , a player needs to have played in a minimum of five matches for a title-winning team to qualify for a medal; this is down from the previous ...
There was a road on the course of the current Hauptstrasse even before the foundation of Heidelberg in 1220, which was used as the central axis of the new city. In 1391, this street was named German : Obere Gasse ("Upper Alley"), in 1491 Latin : platea magna ("Big Street") and in 1508 German : Speierer Straße (" Speyer Street").
A manuscript from 1239 references a Romanesque chapel in the center of Heidelberg named “Zum Heilien Geist” (English: to the Holy Ghost).A Gothic, aisleless church was constructed on that site around 1300 and subsequently referred to as the Chapel of the Holy Spirit (Heiliggeistkapelle).
The name has been consistent in written documents since 1196, with only minor differences. The question of where the word "Heidelberg" is derived from has been around since the late 1500s. The German wikipedia entry for Heidelberg doesn't refer to the name or attempt an explanation at all btw. Kato2k6 14:01, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
The Haus zum Riesen (German: House of the Giant) is a baroque palace on the Hauptstrasse in Heidelberg, built in 1707/8. The building is named for a statue with decorates the façade. Since the middle of the nineteenth century, it has been used by Heidelberg University and several prominent academics have worked in it.
In 1930, Heidelberg and hotel manager J.L. Latimer acquired A.H. Alvis's interest in the hotel and spent $200,000 on a renovation, which included adding three stories to the original building. [ 3 ] Another $250,000 renovation followed in 1955, which added two banquet rooms on the 13th and 14th storeys of the hotel, and modernised the lobby's ...
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