GERMANY ~ Hohentübingen Castle - Tübingen ~

... Lovely view from the University of Tübingen Museum (MUT) part of an impressive castle located on a mountain spur... a Renaissance four-wing building with round towers... there are great panoramic views of Tübingen and surrounding countryside from the walls on several sides of the castle to the Swabian Jura... half of the castle is a museum, the other university departments... you can visit  the laboratory where Friedrich Miescher discovered DNA in 1869... with lovely "dog" stamp and another great first day postmark... Thanks Dustin!【ツ】

Build from 1037, it served as a castle in the Middle Ages. Until the 16th century, the castle was the residence of the dukes of Württemberg. 

Since 2006, the university's more than 60 collections have been united under an umbrella organization: the University of Tübingen MUT Museum. It is based in Hohentübingen Castle, where the castle laboratory and the Ancient Cultures collections are located. Also The Botanical Garden, the Paleontological Collection and the Psychological Collection.

The permanent exhibition covers 2000 m² and shows around 4500 exhibits from seven archaeological and cultural studies collections of the University of Tübingen, covering a cultural history period of around 40,000 years.

 

Stamp: 

Fauna - Dogs 

(Issued 04-07-2024)