Talk:Heidelberg

message: "The name Heidelberg is an adaptation of Heidelbeerenberg, which means Huckleberry Mountain."
- A huckleberry is the fruit of a N. American shrub, it could hardly be the name of a German city. So this is clearly rubbish.
-- Actually, "Heidelbeere" is more of a blueberry - which grows around Heidelberg.
It's not known though what the name "Heidelberg" is derived from (to my knowledge). "Heidelbeerberg" is just the most popular theory. Some other, less popular, theories derive the name from e.g. "Heidenberg" (Heathen Mountain, in reference to the ancient Celt settlement on an adjacent hill) or "Heide-Berg" (Heather Mountain).
The name has been consistent in written documents since 1196, with only minor differences. The question of where the word "Heidelberg" is derived from has been around since the late 1500s.
The German wikipedia entry for Heidelberg doesn't refer to the name or attempt an explanation at all btw.
Kato2k6 14:01, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Derivation of the Name

message: These have been single, nonhyphenated words in English for centuries: 
southwest, northwest, northeast, southeast, 
southwestern, northwestern, northeastern, and southeastern. 
For example, both the Northwest Territory in the United States (est. 1787) and the Northwest Territories in Canada are very old places. 
98.81.20.38 (talk) 02:11, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Directions

message: The Ritter hotel wasn't the only structure left standing - there's a cathedral just across the cobblestone street from the Ritter that's been around since the 1400s, I believe. I'm stationed in Heidelberg currently, and I've been to both cathedrals in downtown Heidelberg, as well as the castle and the old bridge. I'd say the biggest pull for American tourists is probably the castle, since there are no castles in America, but also a great many international students may come to Heidelberg for the old University, as it's been referred to as a "college town". It's also a "military" town, since the USAREUR and V Corps Headquarters and their supporting units take up a good portion of the suburban section of the city. Since the base is split up into several sections to accomodate the city itself, it's not uncommon to see American, German or other NATO soldiers in uniform walking (more commonly driving) from one point to the next, and many establishments have adopted a "No Americans" rule due to the unfortunate behavior of some of our less disciplined (and more inebriated) soldiers. TKarrde 15:05, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  H-Town 

message: If someone would be willing to take the time to rearrange the many images on this page to better fit into the space allotted, it'd be much appreciated. There's an awful lot of blank space in the first few pages.  TKarrde 15:08, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: What browser are you using? I usually use Mozilla Firefox, but it screws up the placement of pictures something rotten. Try with Internet Explorer, and see if it's any better.--King Hildebrand 19:14, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Formatting 

message: I removed this
:That was the beginning of a never ending love and legend: Most of the destruction was now caused by citizens who stole the stones for the reconstruction of their own houses. Look at Untere Straße, Ingrimstraße or Hauptstraße.
from the middle of the history section. It does not seem to fit the context, and certainly not the format of the remaining text. Perhaps it should go somewhere, but I don't see where it fits in.--King Hildebrand 19:11, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: The University is described on this page as the third oldest in europe but the Oldest University wikipage seems to make it 16th. I think a better description would be "oldest in germany and amongst Europes oldest". 130.88.167.5 09:03, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: University

message: I removed the following sentence from the first paragraph:
:The name Heidelberg is an adaptation of Heidelbeerenberg (German for "Blueberry Mountain").
I grew up close to Heidelberg and never heard of this etymology. All the English language sources I have found on this look unreliable, and the claim is not made in the German language article de:Heidelberg.
Here is a collection of some good sources in German: . (Hard to find, because there are 0 relevant Google hits for Heidelberg+Heidelbeerenberg in German.) In short, "Heidelberg=Heidelbeerenberg" is a somewhat plausible speculation that was first documented (as such) at the end of the 16th century. There is a competing etymology "Heidelberg=Heidenberg" which also has problems. ("Heide" is German for "heath" and for "heathen".) --Hans Adler (talk) 16:17, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed "Heidelbeerenberg" etymology 

message: I think that lines have to be redone.
Other cities without any industry were bombed aswell, so that is not a reason. I don't want to do it, someone who has nothing to do with that directly should. --Jaruni (talk) 16:58, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It should also be made a little clearer that Heidelberg did not have no bombs at all falling on it. The numbers were low in comparison to others, maybe two dozen bombs in total, but it's not like there was a specific order not to drop bombs in Heidelberg. 89.56.230.120 (talk) 09:24, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bombing in WW II 

message: I changed the text, since Bunsen died before the Nobel prize was first awarded.
Weeddude (talk) 19:55, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Notable alumni

message: Colonel Klink was a fictional character for starters. According to the page on Colonel Klink, he was born in Leipzig anyway. If it is referring to Werner Klemperer, the person who played the role, he was born in Cologne. Maybe it was just vandalism...... Rocketrod1960 (talk) 00:08, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable inhabitants 

message: I've extended the climate data chart by including monthly sunshine hours and mean temperatures for the period 1981-2010. The data for precipitation, mean high and low temperatures might be outdated. This should be updated in the further revision (I'm looking for newer data) Spaceflo.L8 (talk) 14:43, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
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message: I'm confused. 
This sentence says one thing: "Modern Heidelberg can trace its beginnings to the fifth century." But three sentences later, this sentence appears: "Modern Heidelberg can trace its roots to this 12th-century monastery."
I don't think both statements can be true, and I don't know which one is. Or maybe neither?
I came here tonight as a reader, not as an editor, and don't know anything about Heidelberg, so I can't fix the problem.
ObadiahKatz (talk) 05:04, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Modern Heidelberg Roots Problem