Step Into History
Walk Heidelberg in 1400
AI rebuilds Heidelberg street by street, and you walk through it in your browser.
Step Into History · City walk
Medieval Heidelberg, 1400
Heidelberg in 1400 is a compact riverside town whose castle and church already shape its skyline while a newly founded university begins to draw scholars into its narrow lanes. The walk moves from hilltop views across the Neckar, down through the bridge gate and market by the Heiliggeistkirche, along Hauptstraße past university houses, to the castle terraces and a final high lookout over the valley.
33 scenes — 21 streets, squares and views, 12 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Heidelberg as it stood in 1400 (“Heidelberg”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Heiligenberg View
- ↳ St Michael's Chapel · interior
- 2. Bergheim Approach
- 3. Brückentor
- 4. Neckar Bridge
- 5. Neckar Ferry
- ↳ Ferry Master's Boathouse · interior
- 6. Fish Weirs
- ↳ Fish Smokehouse · interior
- 7. Boatman's Inn
- ↳ Boatmen's Common Hall · interior
- 8. Neckarufer
- 9. Marktplatz
- ↳ Butchers' Hall · interior
- 10. Heiliggeistkirche
- ↳ Nave and Library Tribune · interior
- 11. Rathaus
- ↳ Council Chamber · interior
- 12. Hauptstraße
- 13. University Precinct
- ↳ Disputation Hall · interior
- 14. Student Lodging Street
- ↳ Scribal Loft · interior
- 15. Booksellers' Row
- ↳ Binder's Workshop · interior
- 16. Kornmarkt
- 17. Schlossweg
- 18. Castle Forecourt
- ↳ Elector's Great Hall · interior
- 19. Castle Towers
- ↳ Spiral Keep Stair · interior
- 20. Castle Terrace
- 21. Königstuhl View