As part of our Easter trip to Germany, a day trip to the university city of Heidelberg was on the agenda. Heidelberg is famous for the ruined castle, picturesque scenery by the River Neckar and the world's largest wine barrel. However we chose to visit Heidelberg as it shares a connection with a suburb in our home-town of Melbourne; where the Heidelberg School of artists flourished during the 19th century, painting famous landscapes of the Australian bush. This blog post covers a second day trip to the city of Marburg, also home to a university, a preserved old town and connection with the Brothers Grimm of fairytale fame.
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5 April 2015
Heidelberg and Marburg, Germany
As part of our Easter trip to Germany, a day trip to the university city of Heidelberg was on the agenda. Heidelberg is famous for the ruined castle, picturesque scenery by the River Neckar and the world's largest wine barrel. However we chose to visit Heidelberg as it shares a connection with a suburb in our home-town of Melbourne; where the Heidelberg School of artists flourished during the 19th century, painting famous landscapes of the Australian bush. This blog post covers a second day trip to the city of Marburg, also home to a university, a preserved old town and connection with the Brothers Grimm of fairytale fame.