Downtown Tuebingen

I found the time to take a few more pictures of Tuebingen the other day. Just a couple though...

Tuebingen Town Hall (Rathaus) and plaza.

The Neckar River, with a glimpse of the Neckar Island on the left (a small island with a pedestrian bridge and park facilities), and the houses leading up to Hoelderlinturm.

Hoelderlinturm and Stockerkahn. Hoelderlinturm is the name of the turret on the left, which was home to the German poet Friedrich Hoelderlin. I don't know much about him, except that his work wasn't appreciated until after his death, and that he spent his life as a guest of his friend who owned this building while he struggled with some form of mental illness.

The Stockerkahn is a type of punt. The Neckar is very shallow (a couple of meters at most), and for a few Euros, a bloke will take you on a lap of the island in one of these punts.