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Heidelberg

About Heidelberg

Population

145,642 in city
0 in metro

Size

108 km² (42 mi²)

Altitude

114 m

Home of Germany's oldest university, Heidelberg is a picturesque city on the Neckar River at the foot of a small mountain range. Its famous castle, high on a hill overlooking the town, is one of the country's top tourist attractions. In recent years Heidelberg has become a major center for biotechnological research.

Metro Cities

Bensheim, Eppelheim, Frankenthal, Heddesheim, Heidelberg, Hirschberg, Hockenheim, Landau, Ludwigshafen, Mannheim, Sinsheim, Speyer, Viernheim, Walldorf, Weinheim, Worms

No. of Buildings

No.	Current status
64	All Buildings
62	existing
2	demolished

Tallest Buildings

#	Building	Height	Year
1	Heizkraftwerk Heidelberg	394 ft	-
2	Science Tower	217 ft	2004
3	Print Media Academy	164 ft	2000
4	Küchengebäude des alten Universitätsklinikums Heidelberg	94 ft	1876
5	Wasserturm Heidelberg-Ochsenkopf	66 ft	1927

Building types

No.	Type
28	high-rise building
16	low-rise building
4	church
3	telecommunications tower
3	building with towers
2	chimney
2	water tower
1	mast (wired)
1	mast (framework)
1	observation tower
1	castle
1	bridge
1	house

Other buildings

No.	Type
0	Famous buildings
1	Buildings with construction images