Heidelberg Castle Illumination (July)
The element of fire features strongly in Heidelberg´s varied history. The city has suffered great destruction during the 30-Years´-War and the Palatinate War of Succession. When the French general Ezéchiel de Mélac practically eradicated Heidelberg in 1693, the castle was destroyed, too. To commemorate the destruction of the castle by the French, Heidelberg celebrates castle […]