A city with a dazzling past and a fascinating present
"Heidelberg, you fine thing. . . ." Seldom has a city flattered great writers more. For the poets of the Romantic Era, Heidelberg was a magical place, and the resultant myth resonated around the world. Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff saw the city as something perfect, "when there was nothing nasty in the world"; for Jean Paul, it was "divine in environment and beautiful inside." In fact, the beauty of Heidelberg is strongly determined by the nature in which it is embedded. The panorama of the mountains, the idyllic location at the outlet of the Neckar River from the Odenwald and the picturesque houses and narrow streets create a harmonious accord, which the visitor immediately understands as the essence of Heidelberg.
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