Zum Reisen - Heidelberg, Germany
Posted by: DougK
N 49° 24.629 E 008° 41.885
32U E 478098 N 5473132
Architect Johann Adam Breunig used stones from a collapsed tower of the Heidelberg Castle to construct this Baroque palace.
Waymark Code: WMPGED
Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Date Posted: 08/28/2015
Views: 12
From a nearby sign:
This magnificent Baroque palace was built
in 1707 to replace the inn "Zum Löwen",
which had been destroyed in 1693. It was
commissioned by Privy Counselor
Lieutenant-General Friedrich Freiherr von
Venningen. Stones to construct it were
also fetched from the collapsed "Fat Tower"
at the left of the Castle. The architect
was Johann Adam Breunig, who also
designed the Old University and the Jesuit
College. Heinrich Charassky carved the
imposing statue of von Venningen that
adorns the center projection level with the
second upstairs floor. In the years 1797-
1819 the building contained the inn "Zum
Risen" as well as a beer brewery and a
schnapps distillery. Since roughly the mid-19th
century, the house has been used by
the university. Initially the anatomy, zoology
and physics departments were based there.
Well-known scientists did research there,
including physicist Gustav Kirchhoff and
chemist Robert Bunsen, who jointly invented
spectral analysis; physiologist Hermann
Helmholtz, who created a sensation
around 1850 with the "Fundoscope: - an
instrument still used today to examine the
back of the eye; and geologist Wilhelm
Salomon-Calve, who discovered a radium
deposit on the shore of the Neckar near
the borough of Bergheim and planned the
water supply system for Turkey's capital
city, Ankara.
Style: Baroque
Type of building (structure): Town palace
Date of origin:: 1707
Architect(s): Johann Adam Breunig
Address: Hauptstraße 52
69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Web site of the object (if exists): Not listed
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