hyderabad is the quintessential student town it's home to germany's oldest university it's over 630 years old. more than 30000 students are enrolled here. yet i'm john is one of them he offered to show me around our 1st stop is the assembly hall it reminds me of a church here that. wouldn't help for a long time it was used for the teaching but today it's mostly reserved for concerts lectures the ceremonies and it's

a place frequently shown off to tourists. like me and exactly. the assembly hall is the showpiece of heidelberg university's main building. next vino takes me to the library nearby it houses the priceless treasure the codex monday sit. at the welcome to our historic ground reading room one 3rd one library and marty missing shows us the precious book well it's a copy but that means we can touch it and take a closer look. as is and. it's a collection of german a ballad and lyrical poetry. and the works of about 140 singers are included here and the most famous is undoubtedly about 245000 people so it's like a really big song book yeah pretty much. the book was written and illustrated

between 131340 it's not just a key source of mediæval songs with its portraits of a nobleman it also provides an insight into the age of chivalry. there are many other valuable many of strips in the university library they're being digitalized here ph by page. now anyone can check out the manuscripts on the computer for example in the reading room of the library. we move on to the canteen in the armory it was voted canteen of the year in 201-2011 it's open to students and visitors i like the atmosphere here

it's the perfect place to quiz vino about life in hydra back. sooner than you know just what do you study in heidelberg studio here a bachelor's in southeast asian studies with a focus on history and ethnology especially in my native sri lanka and south india . and why in hyderabad like old office never several reasons heidelberg is a lovely town and has a good reputation it's internationally renowned. it's also a very compact town people say heidelberg is actually a village with the university and that pretty much hits the nail on the head off. what is it and it's not only german students here right there from all over the world. but it's all right heidelberg is very international and so is the university we frequently have students from india pakistan bangladesh who start their master's program here we also run a lot of summer and vacation courses. so why is highly back known as the student

tell us so i thought i think that has a lot to do with the history heidelberg university was founded in the 3906 and for many decades in the centuries a quarter of heidelberg population was made up of students. so i don't know the and then there's the old town also known as the bar area where lots of students go out to party after they've been studying hard. on. nothing. sounds like a place to really go crazy with that in mind i have another tip for you. some things never change students have always liked. party and in the past those who are party to heart were at risk of ending up in the so called cuts the universities own prison today you won't find any locked up students tourists come here often terribly.

generations of heidelberg students have left their mark here students who are trying too much broke the rules and threw stones at lamp posts and they all ended up in idle burg universities private prison. in consequence for i knew it i was put in the cell i'm having fun the day to swell. 2 or 3 days of incarceration in the late 19th century was more of a laugh than a punishment it was a jovial jail. because copious amounts of alcohol flowed here to. cool the prison art was created with paint sort and leftover food. in it still they used it to you greg to make a picture frame. the last inmate set here in sell for more than 100 years ago

france shunda maya born in 1901 in the town of show invite. his offense to the end can't stand it student funds jandali a salute the sidewalk outside the house such time gas a number 18 by urinating to give it to us we need them the last inmate didn't have time to contribute to the prison artwork he was released on february 21st 19146 months later he volunteered for military service in the great war. doing as a title that could i do beg a university then had more than 2600 students of those more than 1200 well wolf and has i think they have bigger worries in. the student jail was closed about a 100 years ago today and the only people leaving their trace are the tourist. class. as well as its narrow winding streets heidelberg also has

a busy main road that runs parallel to the neck up through the old tel and. it's one of the longest and most beautiful pedestrian zones in europe full of shops and boutiques. it's also the location of the historic student hall and some. built in 1703 it's been run for the past 175 years by the family many a celebrity estop by including marilyn monroe and mark twain. we in serves up traditional fare and i am eager to tuck in the hearty potato soup is right up my alley. while i'm eating my soup you can visit all the other sides

a final back we haven't seen yet i bet you don't want to miss anything right. with this cafes bars and stores the street called stein gosar connects the town center and the old bridge you're sure to pass through on your tour through town. the nearby and baroque jazz or were churches worth a snapshot it was built in the 18th century and is one of the largest and most significant. churches in heidelberg. and this is our insider's tip heidelberg university's botanical garden it's more than a century old. it started as a doctor's garden for medicinal plants today more than $10000.00 plant species grow in the green nonces and garden grounds.

that. this may look like a greek amphitheater but it was built as a stage for events by the nazi party. today the dings shown to use a listed monument and is used for open air concerts.