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tin fare I wanted to know? “It pains me to say but I have stroll,jogortakearestunderneaththeplanetreeavenue
never won,” grinned the chemistry student and part- planted in 1828.
time punter. Tübingen,likesomanyothersettlementsinsouthern
The classic trip of around one hour starts from the Germany whose names end in “ingen”, was founded
dockattheyellowHölderlinTowerandmakesnearlyhalf around 1,500 years ago by the Alemanni tribe. Later, in
a mile circle around the Neckar Island. It leads directly the mid-11th century, the Counts of Tübingen erected a
past the town’s most famous sight, a row of colorful 16th fortress above the village and went on to expand it into a
century townhouses, built directly on the inner city wall. city,completewithmarketsquare,parishchurchandcity
Behindit,theStiftskirche(CollegiateChurch)risesabove walls. Of course, the most far-reaching event in the local
therooftopswithitsstrikingspirewhiletotheleftpeople history was the founding of the university in 1477 by

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