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Heidelberg (halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As of 2005, there are 140,000 people living on the city's 109 km².

"View from the so called "alley of philosophers" (Philosophenweg) towards the Old Town, with Heidelberg Castle, Heiliggeist Church and the Old Bridge "

Heidelberg lies on the river Neckar at the point where the Neckar leaves its narrow, steep valley in the Odenwald hills to flow into the Rhine valley where, 20 kilometers northwest of Heidelberg it joins the Rhine at Mannheim.

The old town, in German i, is long and narrow and is dominated by Heidelberg Castle which perches 80 metres above the Neckar on the steep, wooded hill of the Königstuhl (Kingschair, throne) mountain with the TV Tower, surrounded by a park where the famous poet J.W. Goethe once walked.

The city is a vibrant mixture of tradition and modernity. In the past it has been a centre for both science and the arts and today this tradition is carried on with many research centres located in or around the city.

Heidelberg not only boasts a medieval castle, but it also is home to one of Europe's oldest educational institutes, the University of Heidelberg. Among the prominent thinkers to have been associated with the University over the centuries are Hegel, the philosopher of hermeneutics Hans-Georg Gadamer, Rudi Schneidewind; the critical theorist Jürgen Habermas, and the discourse philosopher Karl-Otto Apel. Heidelberg's most momentous student was Karl Drais who invented the bicycle in 1817. Also old-chancellor Helmut Kohl in the Choccolaterie i Reimann's 1828 discovery of nicotine as the main pharmacologically active component of tobacco.

A number of United States Military installations are present in and around Heidelberg, including the Headquarters of the United States Army in Europe (HQ USAREUR). These make up the U.S. Army Garrison Heidelberg. Additionally, a small number of NATO facilities are present on the installations, most notably Land Forces Central Europe (LANDCENT).

Its university, the oldest in Germany, was founded in 1386. Some books come back for the 600-anniversary in 1986 from Vatican, Rome, to her first place as gift of the elector to the university in the church of Holy Spirit.Reformed Heidelberg Catechism approved in 1563 defining differences from Catholicism. Luther discussed his theses in town.The great classical scholar Friedrich Sylburg was librarian to the elector palatine from 1591 to 1596.City burned and castle partly destroyed by the French during the War of the Palatinate Succession 1693 It was partially rebuilt. But some years later it burned down by lightning. The electors Karl Theodor, Elector of Bavaria (Charles IV) family left the town.

That was the beginning of a never ending love and legend: Most of the destruction was now caused by citizens who stole the stones for the reconstruction of their own houses. Look at Untere Straße, Ingrimstraße or Hauptstraße.

1424, 1. January, Ludwig IV. der Sanftmütige; † 13. August 1449 in Worms; Kurfürst von der Pfalz1448, 14. July, Philipp der Aufrichtige; † 25. February 1508 in Germersheim; Kurfürst von der Pfalz1648 Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (* 22 December 1617 - 28 August 1680), back in his anch. town, was the second son of Friedrich V, the Winter King, and his wife, Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of King James I of England. His daughter:1652, 27. May, Liselotte von der Pfalz; † 8. Dezember 1722 in Saint-Cloud near Paris; Duchess of Orléans, sister-in-law of Louis XIV.1851, Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, 30. March 1811 in Holzminden; † 16. August 1899 in Heidelberg; chemist1871, 4. February, Friedrich Ebert; † 28. February 1925 in Berlin; President of the first Ger. Republic (1919-1925), Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD)1899, 22. July, Wolfgang Metzger,† 20. December 1979 in Bebenhausen, psychologist und founder of the Berlin school of Gestalt theory1910 Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 22nd Earl of Sutherland, 4th Duke of Sutherland (1851-1913)1920, Carl Bosch * 27. August 1874 in Cologne; † 26. April 1940 in Heidelberg, chemist, technician, CEO BASF 1919-1925 und IG Farben 1925-1935, President of Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft 1937-1940, Nobel prize winner in Chemistry 19311923, Ernst Toller, * 1. December 1893 in Samotschin, Posen; † 22. May 1939 in New York City, Pacifism, Revolutionär, Bookwriter1925, Stefan George, * 12. July 1868 in Büdesheim; † 4. December 1933 in Minusio bei Locarno, poet and writer1929, Karl Jaspers, * 23. February 1883 in Oldenburg; † 26. February 1969 in Basel; philosopher, psychiatrist1929, Otto Meyerhof, * 12. April 1884 in Hannover; † 6. October 1951 in Philadelphia, Jewish-German physician and biochemist with philosophical and psychological leanings, Nobel prize winner in Medcin 1922, first director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for medical research in Heidelberg1934, Georg Wittig, * 16. June 1897 in Berlin; † 26. August 1987 in Heidelberg; (Wittig-Reaction), Nobel prize winner in Chemistry 19791939, Gustav Radbruch, * 21. November 1878 in Lübeck; † 23. November 1949 in Heidelberg, lawyer and politician, Justice Minister 1921-1922, 19231946 in HD, Fritz Neidlinger, Jazz musican (Tenor-Sax) – Honorary Citizenship in New Orleans (2005)Bergheim, Ochsenkopf, Wieblingen, Grenzhof, Bahnstadt (new 2005), Rohrbach, Kirchheim, Hasenleiser, Boxberg, Rohrbach-Süd, Emmertsgrund.

Mannheim, Speyer, Worms, Schwetzingen (the site of the Summerpalais, with the local Elector's English

Ladenburg, Eberbach, Erbach, Mountainsroad (Bergstraße), Rhine river, Black Forest, the Palatine(Landshut direction), Rothenburg

June-September: Fireworks on first Saturday(Samstag) in June and September, and 2nd Saturday in July – b

Heidelberg maintains sister city relationships (Städtepartnerschaft) with the following cities:

in Heidelberg.

In addition there are several places named in honor of international figures:

Memorial for José Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda, national hero of the Philippines, at Bergheimerstr. 5 (the former eye-hospital, where he worked)Heidelberg and the Palatine, elaborate information on history and architecture, illustrated with many picturesHeidelberg-Guide The regional city guide with a lot of informations, a panoramic virtual tour and e-cards from HeidelbergYouth Hostel Heidelberg-Neuenheim, by the river, between the zoo and the public swimming pool, near the new university area