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The town and its curiosities.
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then statuary to the elector. 2. Nectar-gate, which takes
you to the bridge and has a tower at each side, which,
at present, serve as prisons. 3. The Mannheim-gate, at
the western end of the town, which was rebuilt in 1752,
and now also serves as a prison. Two sidegates lead to
the promenades that surround the town to the south and
west: the Schiess-thor and the Kling en-thor, so called
from a ravine, the Klinge, near which it lies. Towards
the castle the town is quite open. The Middle-gate,
which formerly separated the town from what they call
the suburb, has been pulled down some years ago, for
the purpose of enlarging the thoroughfare for waggons,
and to give to the town a more airy appearance. Hence
the town-wall ran downwards to the Neckar and upwards
to the top of the mountain, in a straight line, thus sepa-
rating by a wall and ditch the old town from the suburb
formed by the union of the former with the village of
Bergheim (vid above), which likewise was enclosed,
towards the plain, with ditches and walls; but all these
walls have been pulled down after the destruction of the
town in the war of Orleans, and the ditches filled up. Of
these not the least trace is left, and there remains now
only the name of Grabengasse (Ditch-street), by way of
recollection.
It is evident from the site of the town, that the streets,
in general, must be rather narrow than broad, and that
Heidelberg has not a great number of squares. The pulling
down of the town-walls, as well as of the cloisters, lying
within the town, has, in modern times, given it, some
more free places and a more pleasant appearance, which
contrasts very advantageously with the gloomy pictures
we have of the town from more ancient times.
The followingfree places deserve being noticed : Char-
les’s square, situated within a small distance from the
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then statuary to the elector. 2. Nectar-gate, which takes
you to the bridge and has a tower at each side, which,
at present, serve as prisons. 3. The Mannheim-gate, at
the western end of the town, which was rebuilt in 1752,
and now also serves as a prison. Two sidegates lead to
the promenades that surround the town to the south and
west: the Schiess-thor and the Kling en-thor, so called
from a ravine, the Klinge, near which it lies. Towards
the castle the town is quite open. The Middle-gate,
which formerly separated the town from what they call
the suburb, has been pulled down some years ago, for
the purpose of enlarging the thoroughfare for waggons,
and to give to the town a more airy appearance. Hence
the town-wall ran downwards to the Neckar and upwards
to the top of the mountain, in a straight line, thus sepa-
rating by a wall and ditch the old town from the suburb
formed by the union of the former with the village of
Bergheim (vid above), which likewise was enclosed,
towards the plain, with ditches and walls; but all these
walls have been pulled down after the destruction of the
town in the war of Orleans, and the ditches filled up. Of
these not the least trace is left, and there remains now
only the name of Grabengasse (Ditch-street), by way of
recollection.
It is evident from the site of the town, that the streets,
in general, must be rather narrow than broad, and that
Heidelberg has not a great number of squares. The pulling
down of the town-walls, as well as of the cloisters, lying
within the town, has, in modern times, given it, some
more free places and a more pleasant appearance, which
contrasts very advantageously with the gloomy pictures
we have of the town from more ancient times.
The followingfree places deserve being noticed : Char-
les’s square, situated within a small distance from the