Heiligenberg (Heidelberg)

Heiligenberg (Heidelberg)
Heiligenberg (left) and Michaelsberg (right), viewed from downstream on the Neckar
Highest point
Elevation439.9 m (1,443 ft)
Geography
LocationHeidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

The Heiligenberg is a large wooded hill overlooking the town of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It rises to around 440 metres NHN (short for normalhöhennull or "standard elevation zero," the equivalent of sea level in Germany). It has been the site of many historic and pre-historic constructions, including a Celtic hilltop fortification, a Roman sacred precinct, several medieval monasteries, modern lookout towers and the Heidelberg Thingstätte, built by the Nazis in the 1930s.

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