[PDF] Southern Germany And The Austrian Empire eBook

Author : Karl Baedeker
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 27,54 MB
Release : 2013-09
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ISBN : 9781230167701

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ...the Enns, the boundary between Lower and Upper Austria, is crossed. Stat. Enns (Adler; Krone), is a picturesquely situated town, the fortifications of which were constructed with the money paid by England as a ransom for Richard Cceur de Lion. The lofty old watch-tower in the market-place was erected by Emp. Maximil. II. in 1565. Schloss Ennseck on an eminence, the property of Prince Auersperg, contains a collection of Rom. antiquities. Next stat. Asten. About 3 M. S.W. lies the extensive Augustine Abbey of St. Florian, one of the most ancient in Austria. The present edifice is of the 18th cent. The library, with 40.000 vols., contains some valuable MSS.; the pictures are chiefly copies. The collection of coins is very extensive and admirably arranged, inferior only to that at Vienna. A short distance from St. Florian rises the Tillysburg, a square building with towers at the corners. In 1623 the castle of Volkersdorf was presented to Tilly, the general of the Imperial troops in the Thirty Years' War, by Emp. Ferdinand Il. It was subsequently taken down by Tilly's nephew, who caused the present castle to be erected, nearly on the same site, in 1636. It is now the property of the abbey. The line crosses the Traun, not far from the market-town of Ebelsberg, scene of a sanguinary conflict between the Austrians under Hiller and the French under Masse'na, in which the latter lost 6000 men, May 3rd 1809. Linz see p. 120. 35. The Danube from Linz to Vienna. Steamboat daily in 8--9 (ascent 18--19) hrs.; fares for the descent 7 fl., 4 fl. 70 kr. i return-tickets, available within the year of issue, at greatly reduced rates. Good refreshments on board at somewhat high prices; table d'hote 1 fl. 40 kr.--R. denotes the right, 1. the 1. bank. The...