: almost perpendicular precipices, so that view in consequence. The road usually it is accessible only on one side by taken leads by Seidorf, 1 hour 10 a drawbridge. The view from it is minutes walk, where guides may be very extensive. In ancient times the found, and chairs, asses, and mules are daughter of a lord of this castle, named kept for hire. Thence to the Brod Cunigunda, who was as cold and hard- Baude 1 hour 5 minutes; thence to hearted as she was beautiful, made a the Brückenberg 15 minutes (see the vow to accept no one, as a lover, who Norwegian Church); and from it in t should not previously ride round the hour 10 minutes to the Hampelsbaude, castle on the top of the outer wall. a humble inn or chalet, (where very She had many suitors, but upon this tolerable refreshment may be had), only announcement the greater number re- 20 minutes' walk from the summit. tired a few made the attempt, and Those who choose to pass the night on were dashed to pieces in the frightful the mountain, for the sake of seeing the abyss. The lady showed no signs of sun rise, will find better accommodacompunction or pity; she desired to tion in the Grenzbaude (called also remain single, and was glad to be re- Böhmische baude). The top of the lieved from the importunities of so mountain is crowned by a small chapel, many lovers, all of whom were equally now converted into an inn, standing on indifferent to her. At last, a knight the frontier line of Austria and Prussia. presented himself to try the perilous The prospect is extensive when the adventure, whose manly beauty and state of the weather allows it to be engaging manners interested her so visible. On the side of Silesia the slope much, that she repented of her vow, is most abrupt, but the scenery is rich and beheld him with fear and trembling and populous; on the S. towards Bomount the wall upon his steed. To hemia, it is wild, and descends more her great joy he performed the exploit gradually in a series of terraces interin safety; but to her surprise, when sected by the rugged glen of the Riesen she advanced to throw herself into his or Aupengrund, 2000 feet below. Bresarms as her destined bridegroom, in- lau, 45 m. off, is sometimes seen from stead of a kiss he gave her a box on the hence, it is said. The want of water, ear and a smart reproof; and then however, is a great drawback in the leaping on his steed, left her in shame landscape. In descending, the traveller and amazement. It was the Landmay vary his walk by proceeding from grave Albert of Thuringia, a married the Hampelsbaude across the Rübezahl's man, who, wishing to avenge the death (Number Nip's) skittle-ground, in 14 of a younger brother, had previously hour, to the Gräber Steine; 5 minutes practised his steed in this dangerous walk from St. Anne's Chapel, where exercise. the forester's house affords good refreshment, and return thence to Warmbrunn in 13 hour. The Schneekoppe (snow-head), or Riesenkoppe, the highest summit of the Riesengebirge, 4983 feet above the sea-level, may easily be ascended in 5 or 6 hours from Wambrunn. The ascent, however, from Schmiedeberg is shorter than from Warmbrunn, and the road is good. The traveller who makes the ascent should be prepared, if he intend to pass the night on the mountain, to sleep on hay, and he will act wisely in taking provisions with him, as the accommodation of the baude is far from good. should also be prepared for mist, rains, and the probability of not seeing the He The sources of the Elbe are situated under the S. roots of the Schneekoppe, which lies right S. from Hirschberg. The Weisswasser is regarded as the proper source of the Elbe, and its fountain head is a strong spring, which never fails, rising close to the Wiesenbaude, 4380 feet above the sea in the Weisse Wiese. Another stream from the valley called the Nawarer Wiese unites with it in the Elbegrund. These are troublesome to reach, surrounded by marshy ground; but the vale of the Elbe is very picturesque. The pedes trian has the choice of descending from the Schneekoppe into Bohemia, and proceeding at once to Adersbach, and its wonderful rocks-S. E. by Klein Aupa to Schatzlar (about 4 hours), where the Burgomaster's inn is good and near which the Bober rises from a well in the forest. Thence to Adersbach is a walk of 6 hours, a beautiful and gratifying excursion. Or if he prefer it, there are paths direct from the Schneekoppe to Schmiedeberg; the time occupied in walking thither is about five hours. The post-road from Hirschberg thither passes near the mine of felspar, which supplies material for the Berlin china. Half way between Hirschberg and Schmiedeberg lies Erdmannsdorf, (Inn. das Schweitze Haus, close to the Schloss and Church), seat of the late General Gneisenau, now the property of the King of Prussia, who has recently given an asylum, and allotted land here to about 400 Tyrolese Protestants, who were driven out of their native valley, the Zillerthal, on account of their faith, by the intolerance of the Romish priesthood. The houses forming the colony are built by the Tyrolese themselves, in their own peculiar and picturesque architecture. Persons visiting Erdmannsdorf-and it is well worth visiting-will do well to do so from Warmbrunn, and not from Hirschberg. The distance is nearly the same both ways a walk of 1 hour-but the former road is very agreeable, passing through the pretty village of Stohnsdorf, while the latter is a dead flat, and rather uninteresting. Fischbach is the beautiful seat of the Prince Wm. of Prussia, in a charming situation, about 4 miles E. of Erdmannsdorf. Upon the neighbouring Marianne's rock is a colossal lion (cross), of cast iron. Further on, near Schmeideberg, about 1 mile to the right of the road, is the Ruheberg, a country-house of Prince Radzevil. 2 Schmiedeberg.-Inns: Schwartzes Ross, good; Goldene Sterne; Deutsches Haus. A manufacturing town, in a pleasant situation, with 3500 inhab., owing its prosperity chiefly to its ex tensive iron furnaces, mines, &c., with a market place surrounded by an arcade. The road hence to Landeshut is the highest in Prussia practicable for carriages, rising 2233 feet. It passes through a delightful country, and there are very fine views from near the summit, towards Schmiedeberg and the Schneckoppe on one side, and towards Landeshut on the other. At the sum❤ mit, to the northward, and within a quarter of an hour's walk from the road, is the Friesenstein, a group of rocks 2888 ft. above the sea level. The view is magnificent. 24 Landeshut. Inns Schwartzer Rabe, good; Goldener Löwe. Romantically situated at the foot of the Riesengebirge, on the Bober; has 3500 inhab., considerable bleaching-grounds, and manufactures of linen. The convent of Grüssau, with its ancient church and chapel, are worth seeing. The Rock Labyrinth of Adersbach is situated within the frontier of Bohemia, about 19 m. from Landeshut, 17 from Waldenberg, and 12 from Trautenau. The Prussian Custom-house, on the road to it, is at Liebau; the Austrian, at Königshain. The road from Liebau is very bad, and only narrow axles can traverse it at all. Adersbach. Inn, Traiteur Haus; good and clean, but small; delicious mountain trout may be had here. The Rocks of Adersbach are a most wonderful assemblage of masses of sandstone, extending in all directions over a space 3 m. broad and 6 or 8 long, separated into fragments of various sizes by openings, gulfs, and fissures. "They resemble those of the Heuscheuer (p. 435.) and Saxon Switzerland, but far surpass them in size and number. You walk, as it were, in a narrow street, with immense smooth walls on each side of you, opening here and there into squares, whence is obtained a view of the countless number of giant rocks which surround you on all sides. This locality does not present the extraordinary natural figures existing at the Heuscheuer: the wonder of Adersbach consists in the vast size and number of rocks here clustered together; and it Trains with a branch to Schweidnitz. 14 m. from Breslau, and a few miles air by the roadside, under the shade of 3 lime trees. A huge block of granite_was dislodged from the top of the Zobten to serve as a monument. Kanth Stat. Beyond this to the E. is seen the Zobtenberg, an isolated mountain, rising out of the plain, and commanding a wide prospect over Silesia. Ingramsdorf Stat. Königszelt Stat. Here is the junction of the branch railway which runs to is very annoying to have the attention diverted every moment from the contemplation of them, by the pertinacity with which the guide is determined to acquaint you with the names of various rocks, none of which bear the least resemblance to the objects after which they are called, except, perhaps, the Burgomaster,' which is curious." -T. E. R. Among the rocks there is a remarkably fine waterfall, seen from the recesses of a grotto, affording picturesque effects of light and shade. By moonlight the aspect of the rocks is highly romantic. In number the rocks amount to many thousands; and often rise to a height of more than 200 ft., the highest being 280 ft. So numerous and intricate are the passages among them, that they form a complete labyrinth, among which there is danger of losing one's way without a guide. There can be little doubt that the whole was at one time a continuous and solid stratum of sandstone, and that it owes its present form to the passage over it of floods or currents of running water, which, having found their way into the crevices and clefts, have gradually worn down the softer parts into gutters and channels. The rocks, like those of the Saxon Switzerland, belong to the formation called by the Germans Quadersandstein, corresponding with the Green Sand of Eng-tiful environs. The most pleasing exland. Adersbach is certainly a curiosity without parallel in Europe, and well deserves to be visited. The whole is imperial property, and the guide, who is to be found at the inn, at the entrance to the rocks, is entitled to a fee of 3 groschen. Landeshut is in the road between Breslau and Prague, described in Rte. 84. Schweidnitz. - Inns: Krone; Scepter. A beautifully situated town on the Weistritz, with 10,000 inhab. It was formerly a strong fortress; but the greater part of its works were demolished by the French in 1806. The parish ch., a Gothic building (date 1330), is surmounted by a tower, 320 ft. high. The Castle, formerly the residence of the Piast Dukes, has now become a poorhouse. The town itself is dull, but the traveller will find good cause to tarry until he has explored its beau cursion is that to the Castle of Fürsten- com separates the two castles is exceedingly | 1601, in the small town of Neu Benabeautiful. tek, not far from Freiburg.-Inn, Rother Hirsch. A town of 2000 inhab., under the Fürstenstein. The battle of Striegau, 9 miles to the northward, gained by Frederick the Great, in 1745, was fought near this; in the vicinity was his fortified camp of Bunzelwitz. 5 m. from Freiburg are the Baths of Salzbrunn (Inn, Preussische Krone), a dull village, scarcely worth stopping at; and 6 m. S. of Freiberg is Waldenberg, a good station for visiting the rocks of Adersbach, about 17 m. distant. (See p. 431.) Eilwagen to Hirschberg, by Bolkenhain, 6 Germ. m., once daily by Landeshut, 7 Germ. m., twice daily, in summer. The road from Freiburg to Landeshut is hilly. 14 Reichenau. 2 Landeshut, p. 431. The Austrian and Prussian frontier is crossed beyond Liebau, where the Prussian customhouse stands. The Austrian customhouse is at Königshain. DRESDEN TO ZITTAU AND REICHENBERG The railroad from Dresden to Breslau (Route 82.) is followed as far as Löbau Stat. (p. 426), where a branch railroad, 33 Germ. m. long, strikes off S. to Herrnhut and Zittau. It was Herrnhut (Inn, Gemeinlogie; very 4 Trautenau. - Inn, Weisses Ross, good) is the mother colony of the sect best, but not very good. The first of Moravians, or Herrnhuters. town in the Austrian territory; popu. established by fugitives, driven from 2400. It was the birthplace (1360) of Austria in consequence of the perseJohn Zisca, the Hussite leader, "Cap-cution of the Jesuits, 1721-25. They tain in the hope of God," as he called himself. Much linen is made here. Adersbach is about 12 m. off, in a direct line (p. 431.). 2 Arnau (or Nieder Oels) has 2300 inhab., chiefly weavers. It lies on the Elbe, which takes its rise about 25 m. N. of this (p. 430.), among the roots of the Schneekoppe. A pleasant excursion may be made to the source, following its banks, and passing the pretty town of Hohenelbe (Inn, Schwartzer Adler, middling), and the cascades of Elbfall and Weisswasser. 2 Neu Paka; the Post. 2 Gitschin. - Inn, Goldener Löwe. The castle was built by Wallenstein, 1610. 2 Sobotka. were received by Count Zinzendorf, a U "to bishop, and the central point of the government and commerce of the sect, which, in 1832, numbered 42 settlements in different parts of the world. The Moravians profess the doctrines of the Confession of Augsburg; but, excepting their love for music and toleration of dancing, they bear some resemblance to the Quakers, especially in the plainness of their dress. The female costume is distinguished by variously coloured ribbons. The girls wear deep red; unmarried women pink; married, blue; and widows, grey or white. The meeting-house, the sale-rooms for the articles manufactured here, and the Cemetery of the community on the Hutberg, all deserve to be visited. The Cemetery is a very interesting spot, commanding a lovely prospect. It is surrounded by a tall hedge of hornbeam, and intersected by avenues of the same, between which are laid the flat gravestones, quite plain, and bearing merely the name, and dates of birth and death. Those of the Zinzendorf family, in the centre, alone are distinguished from the rest by their larger dimensions. That of the founder bears an inscription commemorating his bounty. Above the Friedhof rises the Hutberg, or watchhill, a sort of cliff or group of rocks, surmounted by a temple or look-out house, commanding a fine panorama, —a wide prospect over the town, the estate bequeathed by Count Zinzendorf to the colony, Berchtoldsdorf, containing the house where he died, and in the distance the hill called the Saxon Crown. The Museum of natural history, col. lected by Moravian missionaries in the most distant corners of the earth, is interesting. The Herrnhuters are an industrious community: the linen manufacture of Saxony may be said to owe its development to them. Zittau. - Inns: Sonne, good; Säxischer Hof. "A fine and prosperous manufacturing town of 8000 inhab., situated on the river Neisse. It is the centre of the linen trade of Saxony; and in its immediate vicinity cotton and woollen manufactures are extensively carried on. A splendid new Rathhaus has been built. From its proximity to the Bohemian frontier it enjoys a considerable traffic with that country. The mountains which here form the Saxon boundary rise to a commanding height, and, although 25 m. distant, are a prominent object in the view from the Saxon Switzerland. In the town itself the most attractive object is the Church of St. John, in the Byzantine style." -J. E. T South of Zittau, on the road to Gabel, are the ruins of the extensive monastery of Oybin, situated on a hill above Zittau. Here is a beautiful chapel in the best pointed style, partly cut in the rock; but now a ruin. It stands in a cave or recess in the face of the cliff, and commands an extensive view over forest and valley. The ruins are easily found, as they are visible from Zittau, and may be reached by a fair walker in about 2 hours. From Zittau excursions may be made to Wallenstein's castle Friedland (p. 427.), and to the Baths of Liebwerda. Higher up the valley of the Neisse, within Bohemia, lies 33 Reichenberg (Inn, Goldener Löwe; middling), the most rising manufacturing town in Bohemia, second to Prague alone in population, having 12,000 inhab. Its manufacture of linen is very flourishing and of great importance. This town is on the high road between Görlitz and Prague, and is 7 Germ. m. distant from Jung Buntzlau, on the road from Breslau to Prague, described in Rte. 84. The stages are, 2 Liebenau, 3 Münchengrätz, 2 Jung-Bunzlau. |