#heidlebergcastle Archives • Folksy Travel (in my Borsalino) by Bill Smale

September 9, 2025September 9, 2025

High on Heidelberg Castle

when you’re traveling to Germany Heidelberg it’s definitely one of the cities you should visit at the castle is very interesting. So remember when you get in this area make sure you get high on Heidelberg Castle.

Royalcrest — The Royalcrest

Entrance gate — Main entrance gate

River below when you are high on Heidelberg Castle — Beautiful views of the city below and the river

Nice view — One of the best views when you are high on Heidelberg Castle

Map — a good detailed map

Symbolism — Very iconic and important symbolism for the times when they were set on the entrance gate here

Symbols — Lions, orbs and the Shield

City clock — This is the old clock in the city center

City Plaza — The main city Plaza

Beer keg, a giant one — The giant Heidelberg beer keg

Dispenser — This is where they dispensed the beer

Chapel — You have to have a chapel in a castle

Heidelberg Castle pipe organ — Church pipe Oregon

Desk and chair — A very old desk and chair

Ornate hallway — And extremely ordinate hallway

Detailed ceiling — The ceiling of the hallway. Look at the detail

Room entrance — And ordinate room entrance

Hebrew — It was interesting to see Hebrew here. Obviously there was a lot of respect for the people who helped build and manage the castle

Beer pump — The great beer pump

Banquet hall — The banquet hall.

Marks in the stone — Builders’ marks in the stone

The old outside wall — This shows the old Castle wall on the outside which was built many hundreds of years ago

Cast model — The model of the castle as it is today

Complete model — Another model of the castle when it was complete

Great Frederick — This guy brought the castle to its peak architecture

Pharmacy inside the castle — There was a pharmacy inside the castle

Medicine creation laboratory — Were they concocted the medicines

This is a very old brand