Heidelberg

[ hahyd-l-burg; German hahyd-l-berk ]

noun

1. a city in NW Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany: university, founded 1386.

Heidelberg

/ ˈhaɪdəlˌbɜːɡ; ˈhaidəlbɛrk /

noun

1. a city in SW Germany, in NW Baden-Württemberg on the River Neckar: capital of the Palatinate from the 13th century until 1719; famous castle (begun in the 12th century) and university (1386), the oldest in Germany. Pop: 142 959 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

Together with researchers from the Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine led by junior group leader Hamed Alborzinia, Friedmann Angeli's team is therefore focusing on research into the inhibition of enzymes that promote selenocysteine insertion into selenoproteins.

From Science Daily

German tourist Manuela Pietsch, 52, from Heidelberg, attended a recital in Amsterdam’s Westerkerk, a 17th century church, with her voluntary donation earmarked to help with restoration of its historic Duyschot organ.

From Los Angeles Times

This study is part of an ongoing project to do that work and was co-authored with Jan-Walter De Neve of the University of Heidelberg, Omar Karlsson of Lund University in Sweden, Rajesh Kumar Rai of Harvard University and Sebastian Vollmer of the University of Göttingen.

From Science Daily

Otis alumni would remember the old school print shop down the street, where the 1920s stencil-painted ceilings, multiple Heidelberg, Germany-made production presses, sturdy wooden drawers full of brass type in hundreds of fonts and other tools still serve as a portal to a pre-digital era.

From Los Angeles Times

One afternoon she lost her way to her home in Heidelberg, where she’d lived for 20 years.

From Science Magazine