Heidelberger Schloss

Heidelberger Schloss - Heidelberg Castle. Achteckieger Turm (Octagonal Tower) and rear of Gläserner Saalbau and Friedrichsbau from Karlsplatz. "The Castle (640 ft.), situated on the 'Jettenbühl', a wooded spur of the Königstuhl, may possibly have been founded by Conrad of Hohenstaufen (d. 1195), but more probably by Count Palatine Lewis I (1214-31). A more imposing building was erected by Rupert III (1398-1410), who was elected Roman king at Rhens in 1400. The castle and the fortifications were enlarged by the electors Frederick I 'the Victorious' ( 1449-76), and Lewis V (1508 44). The palatial parts of the edifice were afterwards erected by the electors of the 16th and 17th cent., particularly Otho Henry (1556-59), Frederick IV (1583-1610), and Frederick V (1610-2 ), King of Bohemia (husband of Elizabeth, daughter of James I of England )."--Baedeker 1911. DSC_0030p1