Heidelberg

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Hei·del·berg

(hīd′l-bûrg′, -bĕrk′)

A city of southwest Germany on the Neckar River north-northwest of Stuttgart. First mentioned in the 1100s, it was the capital of the Palatinate until the early 1700s. Its university was established in 1386.

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Heidelberg

(ˈhaɪdəlˌbɜːɡ; German ˈhaidəlbɛrk)

(Placename) a city in SW Germany, in NW Baden-Württemberg on the River Neckar: capital of the Palatinate from the 13th century until 1719; famous castle (begun in the 12th century) and university (1386), the oldest in Germany. Pop: 142 959 (2003 est)

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Hei•del•berg

(ˈhaɪd lˌbɜrg)

n.

a city in NW Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany: university, founded 1386. 138,964.

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But as to Heidelberg. The weather was growing pretty warm, --very warm, in fact.

Heidelberg lies at the mouth of a narrow gorge--a gorge the shape of a shepherd's crook; if one looks up it he perceives that it is about straight, for a mile and a half, then makes a sharp curve to the right and disappears.

Out of a billowy upheaval of vivid green foliage, a rifle-shot removed, rises the huge ruin of Heidelberg Castle, [2.

One thinks Heidelberg by day--with its surroundings-- is the last possibility of the beautiful; but when he sees Heidelberg by night, a fallen Milky Way, with that glittering railway constellation pinned to the border, he requires time to consider upon the verdict.

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Miss Wilkinson recommended Heidelberg as an excellent place to learn German in and the house of Frau Professor Erlin as a comfortable home.

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We met the Wilcoxes on an awful expedition that we made from Heidelberg to Speyer.

They too, poor things, had been taken in--they were actually stopping at Speyer--and they rather liked Helen insisting that they must fly with us to Heidelberg. As a matter of fact, they did come on next day.

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John Jacob Astor, the individual in question, was born in the honest little German village of Waldorf, near Heidelberg, on the banks of the Rhine.

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This huge tower, resembling a tun standing on one end, beside which the famous Heidelberg tun would have seemed but a very ordinary barrel, served as a fortification, and on its platform were stationed Belootchees, armed with lances.

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On the service side, both Heidelberg's North American Logistics Center and the World Logistics Center are now stocked with parts for Gallus machines, with availability of most parts within 24-48 hours.

HEIDELBERG-GALLUS EXPANDING IN US

The Ministry of public Health and the Hamad Medical Co-operation (HMC) have signed a Memorandum of Co-operation with the University Hospital of Heidelberg, Germany, aimed at sharing knowledge and experiences in health-related areas as well as treating patients.