Heidelberg

Zell's Condensed Dictionary · 1879 · p. 23

(hid'l-bairg,) a city of Germany, grand duchy of Baden, on the Neckar, 30 m. N. of Carlsruhe, is chiefly known for its famous university, founded in 1386by Rupert II., Elector-Palatine of the Rhine. Pop. (1876) 22,334. [s. 446]