Heidelberg
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Lovely card from the lovely sender Sonja...her first card send to Cambodia! :) Thanks heaps!
Heidelberg is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As of 2008, over 145,000 people live within the city's 109 square kilometres (42 sq mi) area. Heidelberg is a unitary authority. The Rhein-Neckar-Kreis rural district surrounds and has its seat in the city, but the city is not a part of the district.
Heidelberg lies on the river Neckar at the point where it leaves its narrow, steep valley in the Odenwald to flow into the Rhine valley. 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of Heidelberg, it joins the river Rhine at Mannheim. Heidelberg is part of a densely populated region known as the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region.
Alte Brucke or Old Bridge in English: The Karl-Theodor Bridge, better known as the Old Bridge is a bridge over the Neckar in Heidelberg . Sie verbindet die Altstadt mit dem gegenüberliegenden Neckarufer am östlichen Ende des Stadtteils Neuenheim . It combines the old with the opposite bank of the river at the eastern end of the quarter Neuenheim . Die Alte Brücke aus Neckartäler Sandstein wurde 1788 unter Kurfürst Karl Theodor als insgesamt neunte Brücke an dieser Stelle errichtet. The old bridge of the Neckar valley sandstone in 1788 under Elector Karl Theodor Bridge ninth overall at this point as established. Heute gehört sie zu den bekanntesten Sehenswürdigkeiten Heidelbergs. Today it is one of the most famous sights of Heidelberg.
Elisabethentor was built by Friedrich V for his wife, Elizabeth Stuart shows, in contrast to the English construction already very developed forms of the early Baroque. In the background, the back facade of the English building and the Big Tower. The Elisabethentor became one of the birthday of Princess-built---allegedly in one night. It belongs to a series of magnificent portals, as well, especially during the wedding of the elector emerged.
Blick auf Schloss, or the Heidelberg Castle is one of the most famous ruins of Germany and the landmark of the city of Heidelberg . Bis zu seiner Zerstörung im Pfälzischen Erbfolgekrieg war es die Residenz der Kurfürsten von der Pfalz . Until its destruction in the Nine Years' War it was the residence of the Electors of the Palatinate . Seit den Zerstörungen durch die Soldaten Ludwigs XIV. 1689 und 1693 wurde das Heidelberger Schloss nur teilweise restauriert. Since the destruction by the soldiers of Louis XIV in 1689 and 1693, the Heidelberg Castle only partially restored. Die Schlossruine aus rotem Neckartäler Sandstein erhebt sich 80 Meter über dem Talgrund am Nordhang des Königstuhls und dominiert von dort das Bild der Altstadt. The castle of red sandstone Neckar valleys rises 80 meters above the valley floor on the northern slope of the king chair and dominated from there the picture of the old town . Der Ottheinrichsbau, einer der Palastbauten des Schlosses, gehört zu den bedeutendsten deutschen Bauwerken der Renaissance. The Ottheinrichsbau, one of the palaces of the castle is one of the most important buildings of the German Renaissance .
Rathaus or the Town Hall is a historic building in the old town of Heidelberg. After the initial town hall following the devastation of the Thirty Years War had to be demolished, was in the same place in the years 1701-1703 a new building in the style of the Baroque built. From this first period of the town hall also provided the masks and the electoral emblem of Hungarian sculptor Henry Charrasky on the front facade. Charraskys work is also the home to the giant visible. The City Council has undergone several alterations and extensions hereafter. The north wing was built 1886-1890. The great council chamber, which is located in that wing, the neo-Renaissance paintings and windows are complete with the Palatine history of the artist Charles Hoffacker decorated. Previously, those had been in the middle behind the balcony. After a fire in the town hall in 1908 the building was around the same in the style of neo-baroque south wing added on hold. The front at this point standing houses were demolished. The built in from the left side of the main tower facade, however, was later removed and integrated into the lower floors of the tower in the façade. The last cultivation experienced the Town Hall in 1961, when the bell tower was located on the east facade.
Blick zur Stadt is translated as the view of the city...and with all these tiny pictures around the card, I can say the Heidelberg is such a lovely city...*smile*
Heidelberg is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As of 2008, over 145,000 people live within the city's 109 square kilometres (42 sq mi) area. Heidelberg is a unitary authority. The Rhein-Neckar-Kreis rural district surrounds and has its seat in the city, but the city is not a part of the district.
Heidelberg lies on the river Neckar at the point where it leaves its narrow, steep valley in the Odenwald to flow into the Rhine valley. 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of Heidelberg, it joins the river Rhine at Mannheim. Heidelberg is part of a densely populated region known as the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region.
Alte Brucke or Old Bridge in English: The Karl-Theodor Bridge, better known as the Old Bridge is a bridge over the Neckar in Heidelberg . Sie verbindet die Altstadt mit dem gegenüberliegenden Neckarufer am östlichen Ende des Stadtteils Neuenheim . It combines the old with the opposite bank of the river at the eastern end of the quarter Neuenheim . Die Alte Brücke aus Neckartäler Sandstein wurde 1788 unter Kurfürst Karl Theodor als insgesamt neunte Brücke an dieser Stelle errichtet. The old bridge of the Neckar valley sandstone in 1788 under Elector Karl Theodor Bridge ninth overall at this point as established. Heute gehört sie zu den bekanntesten Sehenswürdigkeiten Heidelbergs. Today it is one of the most famous sights of Heidelberg.
Elisabethentor was built by Friedrich V for his wife, Elizabeth Stuart shows, in contrast to the English construction already very developed forms of the early Baroque. In the background, the back facade of the English building and the Big Tower. The Elisabethentor became one of the birthday of Princess-built---allegedly in one night. It belongs to a series of magnificent portals, as well, especially during the wedding of the elector emerged.
Blick auf Schloss, or the Heidelberg Castle is one of the most famous ruins of Germany and the landmark of the city of Heidelberg . Bis zu seiner Zerstörung im Pfälzischen Erbfolgekrieg war es die Residenz der Kurfürsten von der Pfalz . Until its destruction in the Nine Years' War it was the residence of the Electors of the Palatinate . Seit den Zerstörungen durch die Soldaten Ludwigs XIV. 1689 und 1693 wurde das Heidelberger Schloss nur teilweise restauriert. Since the destruction by the soldiers of Louis XIV in 1689 and 1693, the Heidelberg Castle only partially restored. Die Schlossruine aus rotem Neckartäler Sandstein erhebt sich 80 Meter über dem Talgrund am Nordhang des Königstuhls und dominiert von dort das Bild der Altstadt. The castle of red sandstone Neckar valleys rises 80 meters above the valley floor on the northern slope of the king chair and dominated from there the picture of the old town . Der Ottheinrichsbau, einer der Palastbauten des Schlosses, gehört zu den bedeutendsten deutschen Bauwerken der Renaissance. The Ottheinrichsbau, one of the palaces of the castle is one of the most important buildings of the German Renaissance .
Rathaus or the Town Hall is a historic building in the old town of Heidelberg. After the initial town hall following the devastation of the Thirty Years War had to be demolished, was in the same place in the years 1701-1703 a new building in the style of the Baroque built. From this first period of the town hall also provided the masks and the electoral emblem of Hungarian sculptor Henry Charrasky on the front facade. Charraskys work is also the home to the giant visible. The City Council has undergone several alterations and extensions hereafter. The north wing was built 1886-1890. The great council chamber, which is located in that wing, the neo-Renaissance paintings and windows are complete with the Palatine history of the artist Charles Hoffacker decorated. Previously, those had been in the middle behind the balcony. After a fire in the town hall in 1908 the building was around the same in the style of neo-baroque south wing added on hold. The front at this point standing houses were demolished. The built in from the left side of the main tower facade, however, was later removed and integrated into the lower floors of the tower in the façade. The last cultivation experienced the Town Hall in 1961, when the bell tower was located on the east facade.
Blick zur Stadt is translated as the view of the city...and with all these tiny pictures around the card, I can say the Heidelberg is such a lovely city...*smile*
Thanks again, Sonja for this card...
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