Heiligenberg, Heidelberg

Heiligenberg, Heidelberg
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Heiligenberg is a 440-metre hill above Heidelberg, Germany, crowned by a Celtic hill fort [1]. The site later hosted a Roman sacred precinct and medieval monasteries [1]. Its summit also features the Nazi-era Heidelberg Thingstätte, an open-air theater built in the 1930s [1].

TypeFortress/citadel
Period500 BC - 1 AD
CountryGermany
Coordinates49.4258° N, 8.7062° E

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