Student Jail (Studentenkarzer) Heidelberg

Following our Meersberg stay, we had our longest journey of the trip by car to Heidelberg, a city of about 140000 people, including a world famous university and U.S. army base. Our hotel was right on the river, offering great view of the old bridge and the city's famous monkey sculpture. We started our traveling around the city by crossing the …

Following our Meersberg stay, we had our longest journey of the trip by car to Heidelberg, a city of about 140000 people, including a world famous university and U.S. army base. Our hotel was right on the river, offering great view of the old bridge and the city's famous monkey sculpture. We started our traveling around the city by crossing the …

Gestern hatten wir unseren Ausflug nach Heidelberg. Um 7 Uhr (!) mussten wir schon aufstehen um pünktlich am Treffpunkt zu sein. Wir waren eine richtig lustige und bunte Truppe: 60 Leute aus 16 Nationen! Zuerst hatten wir eine Stadtführung mit einer lustigen Stadtfüherin, die vorher auch Lehrerin war. Da haben wir etwas über die Stadtgeschichte …

Visited it's University and Student Jail. Didn't manage to go up the Castle or it's Bridge. Busy walking around the town and Marketplace. ...

... easier which allowed us to go straight and wander around the streets of the old town, visiting the towns university and the attached student jail. By now we had got a nice tan, not expected in Germany! The afternoon train to Stuttgart was very luxurious ...

... River in western Germany. It is known as a college town with more than 30,000 students attending school there. We got to see the student jail, as it was used up until WWI. It seems that the students were rather proud to be put in jail. Also there is ...

... an 18th century keg capable of holding 221,726L....now that's aloooot of drinking! From 1778 to 1914 there was a student jail for unruly students who were incarcerated for drinking, singing and womansing...there goes most of the uni ...