Königstuhl
Forested summit above the old town with an astronomical observatory, funicular station and wide views.
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This guide to the Königstuhl, the wooded summit above Heidelberg, starts with a pair of asteroid numbers from the observatory near the top that refuse to line up. It follows the astronomer Karl Reinmuth to an October night in nineteen thirty-seven and a fast speck on a photographic plate. Along the way you'll hear about a wartime sky nobody was watching. Best heard near the summit, facing the observatory domes in the trees.
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