Philosophenweg
Hillside walking path above the river, with poets' memorials and sweeping views of the castle and old town.
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This guide to the Philosophenweg in Heidelberg follows Friedrich Hölderlin, from seventeen eighty-eight, when a teenage pupil wrote home to his mother about this town, to the ode he later gave it. It weighs what he saw from here: the old castle, the Neckar, and a bridge that was brand new. Along the way you'll hear how a vineyard track became the Philosophers' Way. Best heard at a bench with the castle in view across the river.
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