Step Into History
Walk Heidelberg in 1615
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Step Into History · City walk
Heidelberg Castle and Old Town, 1615
Heidelberg in 1615 is at the height of its role as the Elector Palatine's court, with the castle newly extended and its great terraced garden being carved into the hillside. Walkers will pass the castle terraces and Friedrichsbau, thread the Old Town markets and riverfront, cross the Neckar and finish on the Heiligenberg with the castle and Hortus Palatinus laid out below.
36 scenes — 22 streets, squares and views, 14 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Heidelberg as it stood in 1615 (“Heidelberg Castle”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Königstuhl View
- 2. Castle Outer Curtain
- ↳ Ottheinrich Painted Chamber · interior
- 3. Hortus Palatinus Terraces
- ↳ Shell Grotto and Automata · interior
- ↳ Court Music Pavilion · interior
- 4. Friedrichsbau Façade
- ↳ Marble Hall · interior
- 5. English Wing
- ↳ Electress's Privy Chamber · interior
- 6. Schlosshof and Great Tun
- ↳ Great Court Stair · interior
- ↳ Electoral Wine Cellar · interior
- 7. Dicker Turm
- ↳ Dicker Turm Guardroom · interior
- 8. Schlossgasse Descent
- 9. Bastion and Rampart
- 10. Neckar Quay Landing
- ↳ Riverside Wine Warehouse · interior
- 11. Plöck Riverside Street
- ↳ Riverside Tavern Taproom · interior
- 12. Brückentor Gate
- 13. Old Bridge
- 14. Backstreet Workshops
- ↳ Cooper's Workshop · interior
- 15. Marktplatz and Fountain
- ↳ Town Council Chamber · interior
- 16. Heiliggeistkirche
- ↳ Nave of the Heiliggeistkirche · interior
- 17. Kornmarkt and University
- ↳ Academy Lecture Hall · interior
- 18. Augustinian Monastery
- 19. Hauptstraße
- 20. Bergheimer Tor
- 21. Vineyard Slope
- 22. Heiligenberg View