Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Cottahaus
The Cottahaus is the one-time home of Johann Friedrich Cotta, who first published the
works of Schiller and Goethe. A bit of a lad, Goethe conducted detailed research on
Tübingen's pubs during his weeklong stay in 1797. The party-loving genius is commem-
orated by the plaque '
Hier wohnte Goethe'
(Goethe lived here). On the wall of the grungy
student digs next door is the perhaps more insightful sign '
Hier kotzte Goethe'
(Goethe
puked here).
LANDMARK
CHURCH
Stiftskirche St Georg
(Am Holzmarkt; 9am-5pm)
The late-Gothic Stiftskirche shelters the tombs of the
Württemberg dukes and some dazzling late- medieval stained-glass windows.
Platanenallee
Steps lead down from Eberhardsbrücke bridge to Platanenallee, a leafy islet on the Neckar
River canopied by sycamore trees, with views up to half-timbered houses in a fresco
painter's palette of pastels and turreted villas nestled on the hillsides.
PROMENADE
MUSEUM
Hölderlinturm
(Bursagasse 6; adult/concession €2.50/1.50; 10am-noon & 3-5pm Tue & Fri, 2-5pm
Sat & Sun)
You can see how the dreamy Neckar views from this silver-turreted tower
fired the imagination of Romantic poet Friedrich Hölderlin, resident here from 1807 to
1843. It now contains a museum tracing his life and work.
Kunsthalle
(
www.kunsthalle-tuebingen.de
;
Philosophenweg 76; adult/concession €9/7; 10am-6pm
Tue-Sun)
The streamlined Kunsthalle stages first-rate exhibitions of mostly contemporary
art. At the time of writing, Beuys, Polke and Warhol were in the spotlight. Buses 5, 13 and
17 stop here.
GALLERY
GARDEN
Botanischer Garten
(Hartmeyerstrasse 123; 8am-4.45pm daily, to 7pm Sat & Sun in summer)
Green-
fingered students tend to the Himalayan cedars, swamp cypresses and rhododendrons in
the gardens and hothouses of the serene Botanischer Garten, 2km northwest of the centre.
Take bus 5, 13, 15 or 17.
