Klytia: A Story of Heidelberg Castle

Klytia: A Story of Heidelberg Castle

Klytia: A Story of Heidelberg CastleAt a time when in our fatherland a cold raw wind made...
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Author: Hausrath, Adolf,1837-1909
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Language: English
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Klytia: A Story of Heidelberg Castle

Klytia: A Story of Heidelberg Castle

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Klytia: A Story of Heidelberg Castle

$19.99 $9.99
Author: Hausrath, Adolf,1837-1909
Format: eBook
Language: English

Klytia: A Story of Heidelberg Castle

At a time when in our fatherland a cold raw wind made its presence felt, and the sharp frost at night checked the growth of the early bud, the Rhine valley between the Bergstrasse and Hardtgebirge had revelled for many weeks in the timely spring, the especial privilege of this garden of Germany. Even three hundred years ago at the time of our narrative the Neckar valley shimmered with the white and red blossoms of the various fruit-trees and yellow fields of rape, as if spring had wished to see how an illumination looked by day. The Jettenbhl above Heidelberg which to-day resembles a green velvet pillow, on which the ruins of the castle stand out like an offering to some Deity, was at that date but a bare glacis, surmounted by massive turrets and angular fortresses, the palace of the Kurfrsts of the Palatinate looming out severe and threatening over the smiling valley of Heidelberg, as does at the present time the gloomy residence of the Popes over Avignon, or the menacing Ehrenbreitstein over the green Rhine. Between the octagonal belfry and the "thick Tower" of which at the present time only the inner walls are visible, the gorgeous palaces of Frederic IV. and Frederic V. did not exist, but on the right the peaky gables of the Chapel and of the roof of the old castle reared above the scarped fortress wall; "the new court," erected by Frederic II., was built against the octagonal tower. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 33133
Author: Hausrath, Adolf
Release Date: Jul 11, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Translator: Corkran, Sutton Fraser

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