Picturesque Germany - First Series

Anonymous, F. [Illustrator] Bruckmann, Julius [Illustrator] Nitsche

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Picturesque Germany, by AnonymousThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: Picturesque GermanyFirst SeriesAuthor: AnonymousIllustrator: Julius NitscheF. BruckmannRelease Date: November 11, 2007 [EBook #23446]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PICTURESQUE GERMANY ***Produced by Irma Spehar, Markus Brenner and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Thisfile was produced from images generously made availableby The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)Picturesque GermanyPicturesque Germany (First Series)Johann Wolfgang von Goetheohann Wolfgang von Goethe / bornJat Francfort on the Main, August28, 1749 / died at Weimar, March 22,1832 / Painting by Karl Joseph Stielerin the New Pinacothek, Munich /Photograph by Piloty and Löhle,MunichThe Poet’s Room in the castle at Weimarhe Poet’s Room in the castle atTWeimar / Bust of Frederick vonSchiller on the right / Photograph byLouis Held, WeimarPicturesque spot in Frankfort on the Mainicturesque spot in Frankfort on theicturesque spot in Frankfort on thePMain / Saalgasse (Saal Street)with the Holy Ghost Fountain. In thebackground can be seen the tower ofthe Cathedral, the foundation ofwhich was laid in 874 / ...

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The Poet’s Room in the castle at Weimar

T he Poet’s Room in the castle at Weimar / Bust of Frederick von Schiller on the right / Photograph by Louis Held, Weimar

Picturesque Germany (First Series)

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Picturesque Germany, by Anonymous This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

Title: Picturesque Germany First Series Author: Anonymous Illustrator: Julius Nitsche F. Bruckmann Release Date: November 11, 2007 [EBook #23446] Language: English

*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PICTURESQUE GERMANY ***

Picturesque Germany

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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The Town-hall at Münster, Westphalia

A j a e r w ch e i l t   ectur o e f   in  G fr e e r e m s a t n o   ne / G   o T th h i e c Town-hall at Münster, Westphalia, built about 1350 / Photograph by Dr. Erwin Quedenfeldt, Düsseldorf

T L h i e o   n P   il o l n a   r t   h of e     J B u u s r ti g c p e l   at w z i   t i h n     th Br e  u B n r s o w n i z c e k (Braunschweig) / Erected by Henry the Lion in 1166 / Photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin

The Pillar of Justice with the Bronze Lion on the Burgplatz in Brunswick (Braunschweig)

he golden portal of the Cathedral T at Freiberg in Saxony / Ruins of the former Church of our Lady. About 1230 / The absolute climax in the development of the Romanesque Portal, which produced so much of rare beauty (Dehio) / The style of this creation is of the most perfect delicacy and charm (Lübke) / Partial view from a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin

The golden portal of the Cathedral at Freiberg in Saxony

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J ohann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, born at Marbach on the Neckar, November 10, 1759, died at Weimar, May 9, 1805 / From the painting by Anton Graff in the Körner Museum, Dresden / Photograph by R. Tamme, Dresden, successor of F. and O. Brockmann

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

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Hall in Benrath Castle near Düsseldorf

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Courtyard of the Old Castle in Stuttgart

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The Emperor’s Hall in the Residence at Wurzburg

The Elizabeth Church in Breslau

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Court in the Castle at Heidelberg

I mmanuel Kant, born at Königsberg, East Prussia, April 22, 1724, died at Königsberg, February 12, 1804 / From the painting by Döbler / Reprint from the “Corpus Imaginum” of the Photographischen Gesellschaft, Charlottenburg.

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T he conte b st u   r o g f     /  th P e a   rt  M o i f n  t n h e e s   i f n r g es er c s o    i a n t the Wart the Castle of the Wartburg in Eisenach, Thuringia, painted in 1855 by Moritz von Schwind / The Landgravine Elizabeth, before whom is kneeling Heinrich von Ofterdingen, is painted in the likeness of the Grand Duchess Amalie of Weimar (1739–1807) the patroness and protector of German poesy in Weimar

P o C rt a i t o h n e   d o r f a   l  t C he h   ur C c h h  oi a r t     s U t l a m ll   s /     i O n n   e t   h o e f the most perfect and beautiful of the old Gothic Choir stalls in Germany / Carved in oak. Masterpiece of the elder Jörg Syrlin, 1469–1474 / Photograph by the Münsterbauamt in Ulm

The Holstentor (Holsten Gate) in Lübeck

Johann Sebastian Bach

The contest of the Minnesingers at the Wartburg

Portion of the Choir stalls in the Cathedral Church at Ulm

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T own-hall and Market Church at Hannover / The Church was completed in 1359, the Town-hall for the most part, dates from the year 1453–1455 / Photograph by the Techno-Photographischen Archiv Hans Herzberg, Berlin

Richard Wagner, painting by Franz von Lenbach

hard Wagner, born at Leipzig, R i M c ay 22, 1813, died in Venice, February 13, 1883 / From the painting by Franz von Lenbach / Reprint from the Corpus Imaginum of the Photographischen Gesellschaft, Charlottenburg

Monument of the young Goethe in the Naschmarkt

Town-hall and Market Church at Hannover

M t o h n e u   m N e a n s t  c o h f  m t a h r e k   t y ( o N u a n s g  ch G   o M ethe in  arket) in Leipzig, work of Karl Seffner / In commemoration of the poet’s student days in Leipzig, 1765–1768 / Behind the monument is the old Exchange, a delightful specimen of the Baroque style dating from 1678

T he library in the former residence of the Electors at Mannheim, built in 1720–1759 by Nikolaus de Pigage / Splendid specimen of a masterpiece of the Baroque period / From a photograph by Josef Kuld, Mannheim

The library in the former residence of the Electors at Mannheim

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View of the Cathedral at Limburg on the Lahn

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Nuremberg: the Church of Our Lady and the Beautiful Fountain

N u M r i e nn m e b s e i r n g g ,  ers  t / h   e T   he  c C it h y  urch o   f  of O th u e r Lady (1355–1361) / In front of the Church is the Beautiful Fountain, an exquisite creation of old Nuremberg plastic, erected in 1385–1396 under the direction of Heinrich dem Palier / From a photograph by M. Stich, Nuremberg

V iew of the Cathedral Church at Freiburg in Breisgau (Baden) / The nave begun in 1250 / The earliest and most perfect Gothic tower with pyramid of perforated masonery, existing in Germany / From a photograph by G. Röbecke, Freiburg in Breisgau

View of the Cathedral Church at Freiburg in Breisgau

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Albrecht Dürer, Artist’s portrait of himself

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The Cathedral at Regensburg with the three cornered vestibule

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Adolf von Menzel: Mission Service in the Beech Hall (1868)

A dolf von Menzel, born at Breslau, December 8, 1815, died in Berlin, February 9, 1905 / Mission Service in the Beech Hall near Kösen (1868) / With the permission of F. Bruckmann Co, Munich

The Museum Island in Berlin

A I b s i l t a  o n f d     cla /  ssi V c i   e B w  erli o n f   /  t T h h e  e M Na u t s io e n u a m l Gallery / Built in 1866–1876 by Joh. Heinrich Strack and Georg Gustav Erbkam from the designs of Stüler / From a photograph by W. Titzenthaler, Berlin

The Cistercian Cloister Maulbronn in Württemberg, “Hell stairway”

T he most beautiful specimen of an early Gothic cloister in Germany / The Cistercian Cloister Maulbronn in Württemberg, reconstructed in 1201 / The so-called “Hell stairway” in the Cloister / From a photograph by August Krüger, Maulbronn