Kids at the Castle
A view of a portion of the Heidelberg Castle.  

The earliest castle structure was built before AD 1214 and later expanded into 2 castles circa 1294; however, in 1537, a lightning-bolt destroyed the upper castle. The present structures had been expanded by 1650, before damage by later wars and fires. In 1764, another lightning-bolt destroyed some rebuilt sections.

Over the years, portions of it  has been ransacked for materials and generally left to natures own devices. There was talk of rebuilding it, but alas, nothing came of it.


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