The Neckarfront is one of the most famous places and a heritage tourist attraction in
Tübingen
Tübingen (; ) is a traditional college town, university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer (Neckar), Ammer rivers. about one in ...
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Germany
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Neckar
The Neckar () is a river in Germany, mainly flowing through the southwestern States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, with a short section through Hesse. The Neckar is a major right tributary of the Rhine. Rising in the Schwarzwald-Baar ...
river between the Eberhard Bridge over the river, and upriver the characteristic sight
Hölderlinturm with the
punt boat pier. This the southern side the houses share with the same still partially existing city wall. Overall the historic scenery above the Neckar river and the tower of the
collegiate Church
In Christianity, a collegiate church is a church where the daily office of worship is maintained by a college of canons, a non-monastic or "secular" community of clergy, organised as a self-governing corporate body, headed by a dignitary bearing ...
on top, behind the buildings are Neckargasse and Bursagasse. The address Bursagasse 16 is the Tübingen Room Theater "
Zimmertheater Tübingen".
Upriver the Neckarfront is in direct sight as well as Alte Burse,
Tübinger Stift
The Tübinger Stift () is a hall of residence and teaching; it is owned and supported by the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg, and located in the university city of Tübingen, in South West Germany. The Stift was founded as an Augu ...
, and a row of inline houses along the
Neckarhalde. It is dominated by Castle Hohentübingen.
Between Eberhardsbrücke and Hölderlinturm a pedestrian walk is along the Neckar front, beside a mighty wall. The walls summit is during summer a popular place for students.
The best view of the Neckarfront provides the Eberhard Bridge and the Platanenallee on the
Neckarinsel directly opposing the river.
References
Tübingen
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