Heidelberg - Die Altstadt

It was a grey day in Heidelberg. Some dear friends took me for a walk through the old parts of Heidelberg. Heidelberg had luck and wasn´t destroyed during World War II. There is a lot of old houses from the 17th century left. Feel invited to take a look :)

Market place with Herculesbrunnen

Market place with guildhall

Detail on Haus zum Ritter, the oldest house in Heidelberg (1592)

In the background is the Jesuitenkirche.

From the 16th until the beginning of the 20th century the building Studentenkarzer was a jailhouse. The Ruprecht-Karls-University had own laws, and students who were caught because of thievery, drunkenness or being loud at night had to go to jail.