- Heidelberg-Ziegelhausen
Heidelberg-Ziegelhausen is a residential district (of fourteen) at the eastern perimeter of the city of
Heidelberg ,Germany .Ziegelhausen lies on the northern banks of the
Neckar River and extends northward into theOdenwald 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 the1880 's.Ziegelhausen has several small parks, including one that features a playground of
Niki de Saint-Phalle -inspired tile sculptures.The
symbol of Zeigelhausen is a house with red clay roof shingles. It is on local teams' shirt for mostsports .
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