Experts' Choice Award STUDENTENKARZER
What the experts agree on
This 19th-century student jail held Heidelberg University troublemakers for minor offenses like loud singing and dueling. Now a quirky window into how the university enforced discipline with surprising leniency.
“Germany’s oldest university, officially known as the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and centered around the Universitätsplatz, has produced 55 Nobel Prize winners.”
– Frommer's
Fodor's "Between 1778 and 1914, university officials used this as a lock-up for students, mostly incarcerated for minor offenses." Full review
Lonely Planet "From 1823 to 1914, students convicted of misdeeds such as public inebriation, loud nocturnal singing, freeing the local pigs or duelling were sent to this student jail for at least 24 hours." Full review
Atlas Obscura "A preserved college lock-up that recalls a clubhouse approach to discipline. " Full review
