Gaisberg
Gaisberg is a mountain of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the 17th century, Matthäus Merian depicted the Gaisberg as almost completely treeless. Today it is mostly covered in dense deciduous forest and rises above the western part of Heidelberg's old town and the adjoining western town on the edge of the Upper Rhine plain.Photo: Immanuel Giel, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gaisberg-Tower and Heidelberg Castle.
Heidelberg Castle
Photo: Pumuckel42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Heidelberg Castle is a ruin in Germany and landmark of Heidelberg. The castle ruins are among the most important Renaissance structures north of the Alps.
Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma was established in Heidelberg, Germany, in the early 1990s, as a memorial to Sinti and Roma people who were killed by the National Socialists Party.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Molkenkur Bergbahnhof and Heidelberg old town.
Molkenkur Bergbahnhof
Locality
Photo: Matthäus Merian the Elder, Public domain.
Molkenkur Bergbahnhof is a locality.
Weststadt
Suburb
Photo: Michael Linnenbach, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Weststadt is a suburb of Heidelberg created during the 19th century, when Heidelberg expanded to the west along the railways during the Industrial Revolution.
Gaisberg
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 376 metres
- Description: mountain in Germany
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Heidelberg, Karlsruhe Region, Rhine-Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.40352° or 49° 24′ 13″ northLongitude
8.70471° or 8° 42′ 17″ eastElevation
376 metres (1,234 feet)Open location code
8FXCCP33+CVOpenStreetMap ID
node 671953740OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ladin—“Gaisberg” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Gaisberg”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جايسبيرج (ألمانيا)”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جايسبيرج”
- German: “Gaisberg (Heidelberg)”
- German: “Gaisberg”
- Ladin: “Gaisberg”
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