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in the Light of History By KARL KOLMEL Page #2 - The 1500's |
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in the Light of History By KARL KOLMEL Page #2 - The 1500's |
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- 1507 |
Bavarian - Palatine War of Succession |
- 1544 |
Elector Ludwig V, one of the great builders of the castle. Ludwig Building Domestic Offices Soldier's Building with Wellhouse Library Building Frauenzimmer Building Gate Tower and Bridge House Thick Tower Bell Tower Southern Rampart and Prison - the so-called "Seltenleer" ("Seldom Empty") West Wall Gun Park and Arsenal |
| Philipp Melanchthon attends the University at the age of 12. |
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| Martin Luther's disputation in the Augistine Monastary in Heidelberg. The beginning of the Reformation in the Palatinate. |
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| Pesant's War in the Palatinate on both sides of the Rhine. |
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| The upper fort (on Molkenkur Hill) destroyed by lightning, not rebuilt. |
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- 1556 |
Elector Freidrich II, Buildings: Hall of Mirrors Hightening of Bell Tower Burgweg (Castle Path) |
| Heidelberg in Sebastain Munster's cosmography. |
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- 1559 |
Elector Otto-Heinrich, one of the most typical ruling figures of the German Renaissance, patron of the sciences and arts. Building: Ottheinrich Building |
- 1558 |
Philipp Melanchthon remodels the University on behalf of the Elector. |
- 1576 |
Elector Friedrich III, strict Calvinist. |
| Heidelberg catechism, the creed of the Calvinist doctrine. |
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- 1583 |
Elector Ludwig VI. Building: Ramparts along the east side. |
- 1592 |
Administrator of the Palatinate Johann Casimir, Guardian of Friedrich IV. Buildings: Vat Building and Big Battery. |
- 1591 |
The first big vat built (approx. 30,000 gallons). |
| The house "Zum Ritter" built near the Church of the Holy Ghost. | |
- 1610 |
Elector Friedrich IV. Biildings: Friedrich Building Altan, hightening of the towers. Founder of the town and fortress of Mannheim. |
| Proceed to HISTORY PAGE #3. |