Heiligenberg & Thingstätte
Heiligenberg / Thingstätte
The Heiligenberg, across the river from the Old Bridge, has a 1935 open-air Thingstätte and monastery ruins, with forest paths leading to the Philosophers' Walk.
The Heiligenberg lies on the north bank of the Neckar. Its summit holds Celtic ring-fort ruins, the 11th-century ruins of St. Michael's Monastery, and the Thingstätte, an open-air theater with about 8,000 stone seats built in 1935 during the Nazi period, grand in scale and chilling in atmosphere. You can climb from the Philosophers' Walk via winding paths in about an hour, or drive to the summit car park. Entry is free, and the forest trail markings are clear. Every year on the night of April 30, an unofficial gathering takes place here, crowded and noisy.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Old Bridge (Karl Theodor Bridge)
- Philosophers' Walk
- Friedrich Ebert Memorial
- Church of the Holy Spirit & Marktplatz
- Hauptstrasse
- Haus zum Ritter
- Heidelberg University & Student Prison
- Kurpfälzisches Museum