Cityscape The old town The “old town” (German: Altstadt), located at the southern side of the Neckar, is long and narrow. It is dominated by the ruins of the Heidelberg Castle, 80 metres above the Neckar on the steep, wooded side of the Königstuhl (English: King’s chair or throne) hill. The old stone bridge was [...]

DRESDEN LOCATION Dresden lies on both banks of the river Elbe, mostly in the Dresden Basin, with the further reaches of the eastern Ore Mountains to the south, the steep slope of the Lusatian granitic crust to the north, and the Elbe Sandstone Mountains to the east at an altitude of about 113 meters. The [...]