Historic Highlights of Germany: Middle Ages

Heidelberg

St. Peter's Church (Peterskirche)
The church located opposite of the University Library's entrance is the oldest one preserved in Heidelberg's Old Town.

German Corner
Owes its name to the Teutonic Order of Knights, who founded a settlement here in 1216.
Stolzenfels Castle
A typical 13th century castle built to impose illegal “Rhine tolls” with drawbridge, gate-way, keep and chapel.
St. Florin´s Church
Triple-naved Romanesque pillared basilica (12th century) with Gothic chancel (1350) on Roman tower.
Church of Our Beloved Lady
Romanesque galleried basilica, begun c. 1180, completed in mid-13th century.

Friedenssaal (Hall of Peace)
The Treaty of Westphalia, putting an end to the Thirty Years War, was signed in the council chambers, known as the Hall of Peace.

The Excavations at Neupfarrplatz Square
In the course of extensive excavations in the Regensburg Old Town, researchers unearthed the remains of cellars belonging to houses and buildings of the Jewish quarter, as well as sections of the Roman legionary fortress Castra Regina. Visitors are...

Alter Strom (Old Channel)
Alter Strom—the old channel used for nearly 500 years but closed off in 1903 when the new channel was widened.

Fortress Marienberg
The mighty Fortress Marienberg is the symbol of Würzburg and served as a home of the prince-bishops for nearly five centuries.
Cathedral St. Kilian
St. Kilian Cathedral is one of the main works of German architecture and the fourth largest Romanesque church in Germany.