Heidelberg-Ziegelhausen is a residential district (of fourteen) at the eastern perimeter of the city of
Heidelberg
Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...
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Germany
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Ziegelhausen lies on the northern banks of the
Neckar River
The Neckar () is a river in Germany, mainly flowing through the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, with a short section through Hesse. The Neckar is a major right tributary of the Rhine. Rising in the Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis near Schwenn ...
and extends northward into the
Odenwald Forest. It has a small shopping district but is dominated by single-family and multiple-family houses.
Ziegelhausen's abundant supply of water and steep, south-facing slopes made it a center of the Neckar Valley laundry trade in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Johannes Brahms summered in Ziegelhausen during the 1880s.
Ziegelhausen has several small parks, including one that features a playground of
Niki de Saint-Phalle
Niki de Saint Phalle (; born Catherine Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle; 29 October 193021 May 2002) was a French-American sculptor, painter, filmmaker, and author of colorful hand-illustrated books. Widely noted as one of the few female monum ...
-inspired tile sculptures.
The
symbol of Ziegelhausen is a house with red clay roof shingles. It is on local teams' shirt for most
sports
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Geography of Heidelberg
Populated places on the Neckar basin
Populated riverside places in Germany