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. Haus zum Ritter VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Built in 1592 for the family of a
rich cloth merchant, the Practical Information
Haus zum Ritter is a fine Road map: C6. * 139,000.
example of German n Willy-Brandt-Platz 1 (Haupt-
Mannerist style. It bahnhof) (06221-584 44 44).
now houses a luxury _ Mannheim-Heidelberger
hotel and restaurant. Filmfestival (mid-Oct), Schloßfest-
spiele (Jul & Aug), Weindorf (Sep),
Heidelberger Herbst (Sep),
Schloßbeleuchtung (Jun, Jul, Sep).
Hexenturm
The tower was once part of Transport
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town fortifications.

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Jesuitenkirche
This church was built in 1712–51
for the Jesuits, who arrived in
Key Heidelberg in 1698. The
ornaments on the monumental
Suggested route façade were carved by Paul Egell.

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