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Lockheed F-16

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I went to Heidelberg yesterday and want to share some pictures with you all.



Heidelberg

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Old university Hall

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Old city

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Allama Iqbal earned his doctorate at the University of Heidelberg in philosophy. Germans have paid tribute to him by naming a road after him.












His house can be visited till today and I recommend to go there!
 
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One website here describes the bank (ufer in German) of river Neckar has been named after Iqbal. It is said that many tourists, Pakistanis and others come to Heidelberg just looking for this road.

An excerpt from Dr Thomas Stemmer’s write up on Iqbal where, among other things, he tells about his experience of finding Iqbal-ufer in Heidelberg.

I came across the name Muhammad Iqbal in a very poetic way. The year was 1985 and I had just celebrated my 22nd birthday. My parents had driven me to Heidelberg so that I could start my studies at the South Asia Institute and at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Heidelberg. I was new to the city, and therefore I enjoyed late evening walks through the streets trying to catch the atmosphere. While strolling through the dawn I developed the habit of reading the names of the streets trying to put them to memory. One evening I felt a strong attraction to the river Neckar. Readily I gave in to that urge, since walking alongside a river surely is an uplifting experience. It was there that I followed a noisy street at the river known as B 37. I already knew this B 37 as Vangerowstraße, but here, close to the city’s centre, the name was different: Iqbal-Ufer. That struck me as odd. Who was Iqbal? I pondered. While walking around I even discovered some sort of a memorial stone with the very same name on it: Iqbal.

I have always had a love for unknown things and I thought I’ve got to find out more about this… However, I might have forgotten about it, since my mind was absorbed in getting accustomed to university life. But the name Iqbal would show up a second time. While selecting the courses I came to know that at the South Asia Institute there was an Iqbal Chair, held by a visiting guest professor from Pakistan. Since the name Iqbal had now presented itself again, I quickly enrolled in the course on Sufi poetry offered by Prof. Malik, who held the Iqbal Chair in those days.

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Very nice posts. I could not find the thank button. :undecided:

Anyway, thanks my friend for sharing your captured nice memories. The place is indeed beautiful. And particularly I did not know there is also something about Iqbal in Heidelberg!! Very impressive!!!
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Beaytuful pic's thcx for sharing bro!!
 
It was with Heidelberg in mind that Allama Iqbal wrote the famous verse "Koh ke daaman main, Ik chhota sa Aashiana."
 
well...i was born in Germany...so I might know a thing or two...lolz
 
Excellent pictures, thank you for sharing much appreciated.
 
Where is Thank button when you need one........Lockheed certainly deserve on for shearing such a beautiful picture..........Thank bro....:cheers:
 
I was under the impression that Allama Iqbal got his Doctorate on the subject “Development of Metaphysics in Persia” from the University of Munich, in Bavaria.

Heidelberg is in Württemberg. It may be that Allama Iqbal was such a great admirer of Goethe, also from Württemberg that Heidelberg has decided to honour him. I have just the researched official website of Iqbal Academy, wherein it is also mentioned that Allama got his PhD from the University of Munich in 1908. Would a gentleman and a scholar (may be Hon. Dark Star) clear the mystery? I hate being confused.
 

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