Alt Heidelberg, Du Feine,
Du Stadt an Ehren reich,
am Neckar und am Rheine,
keine andre kommt Dir gleich.

Victor von Scheffel
(1844-1846 student in Heidelberg)

Old Heidelberg, dear city,
With honors crowned, and rare,
O'er Rhine and Neckar rising,
None can with thee compare.

Translation by the American Ambassador
Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman

These famous lines, composed by Victor von Scheffel more than 150 years ago, and translated in 1936 by Ambassador Schurman, himself a former student in Heidelberg, are every bit as descriptive and meaningful for the Heidelberg of today.

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