Heidelburg Castle H eidelberg C astle I t took 400 years before the whole complex, with its fortifications, domestic quarters, and palaces were complete. The castle evolved over many years with the styles ranging from 14th century Gothic to baroque. Heidelberg Castle sits high above the German city of Heidelberg, famous for it's large, world reknown university.
V receives much of the credit for building the castle into a formidable and palacial structure.
Friedrich V married the English princess Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of King James I. Elizabeth was 17 when she came to the court to preside over it for five years. Friedrich ans Elizabeth fled to Prague because Friedrich, a Protestant, failed in an attempt to oust the Catholic Hapsburgs from their supreme position. He was stripped of his titles and his machinations which contributed to the outbreak of the 30 Years War. Four years later, a disasterous fire destroyed the old town of Heidelberg. The Gesprengter Turm damaged by a French mine in 1693.