Tubingen Vacations, Tubingen Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Tubingen Vacation Guide

Tübingen, a traditional university town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is situated 30 km (19 miles) southwest of Stuttgart. It has a beautiful mix of restored medieval center of town and a bustling current university town. It is between the Neckar and Ammer rivers and you can take a "Stocherkahn" along the Neckar right through town. A stocherkahn is a boat which is pushed along with a long pole.

The altstadt (old city) has narrow walkways and paths that lead up to the towns schloss (castle). On the way there are a multitude of shops ranging from clothing, to stationary, to different cuisines. The city dates back to the 6th or 7th century. The city officially first appears in records in 1191, and the local castle has records back to 1078. Teubingen has also been home to many famous people, such as: Alois Alzheimer from whom Alzheimer's is named, Friedrich Meischer who first discovered DNA, Wilhelm Schickard who made the first mechanical computer, and Johannes Kepler who is a famous physicist.

A great place to go and relax or have a walk is in the center of town where the Neckar river divides briefly into two streams, forming an elongated 1500 meter-long Neckarinsel (Neckar Island), famous for its Platanenallee with high plane trees, some of which are more than 200 years old.