“Pic of the Week”. March 01, 2013. Dusk in Heidelberg, Germany

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One of many tragedies of war is that a country’s history and heritage are badly damaged, even destroyed.  Many of Europe’s cities were extensively ravaged by bombing and shelling in World Wars I and II, which is especially true of Germany.  These injured cities throughout Europe have been rebuilt but their historic charm is largely lost.

The beautiful small city of Heidelberg fortunately was spared the damage of the great wars because it was a university town without a manufacturing base, so it was not attacked.  It’s a beautiful city of about 150,000, still with a famous university, that I’ve had the privilege of visiting twice.  To gain the view seen in this photo I had to hike a while on the opposite …

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