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.

approx. 600,000 years - that is the estimated age of the "Heidelberg Man" whose jaw-bone was discovered in 1907 at nearby Mauer, the earliest evidence of human life in Europe.

Heidelberg 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 ... (more)