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The Castle.
grandest ruin of all Germany. The heroic family, who
had established themselves there, and arc regarded one
of the oldest and most illustrious families of Germany,
have, long since, quitted the seat of their ancestors, to
dwell in other districts. The town and castle of Heidel-
berg have not been neglected by them. Ever since 1804,
soon after the occupation of Heidelberg by Charles Fre-
derick of Baden , the greatest care has been taken to pre-
serve the ruins in their whole extent, and to save them
from utter decay; nay, an annual sum has been decreed
for their preservation since the’reign of the present Grand-
duke Leopold. The promenades too , surrounding the en-
virons of the castle, are the work of the present age; they
were substituted for the earlier ones, planted in the stiff
French taste, prevailing in the age of Lewis XIV. They
had been demolished completely, and were let out ever
since 1764 —1803, duringwhich time they were employed
for agricultural and pomological purposes. But now the
whole presents quite a different appearance; the walks,
laid out like an English garden, present, in summer, the
most luxuriant vegetation, owing to the fertile granite
soil. The Oberforstrath (upper forestic counsellor) Gat-
terer, as well as Metzger, the present inspector of gar-
dens, husband this plantation with the utmost zeal. —
You may ascend to the castle by two inaiuroads. It is
situated at the foot of the Konigsstuhl (King’s-stool), a
projection, 313 feet above the Neckar, and 613 above the
level of the sea , and its basement is founded upon granit;
hence the luxuriant vegetation of the environs; hence the
ivy, covering large walls, and masses of ruins, and growing
here luxuriantly. One road proceeds from the grain-
market, commonly called: the Burgweg (Castle-road),
which, on ascending higher, is divided into two separate
ones, one of which takes you round the ruins, along a
The Castle.
grandest ruin of all Germany. The heroic family, who
had established themselves there, and arc regarded one
of the oldest and most illustrious families of Germany,
have, long since, quitted the seat of their ancestors, to
dwell in other districts. The town and castle of Heidel-
berg have not been neglected by them. Ever since 1804,
soon after the occupation of Heidelberg by Charles Fre-
derick of Baden , the greatest care has been taken to pre-
serve the ruins in their whole extent, and to save them
from utter decay; nay, an annual sum has been decreed
for their preservation since the’reign of the present Grand-
duke Leopold. The promenades too , surrounding the en-
virons of the castle, are the work of the present age; they
were substituted for the earlier ones, planted in the stiff
French taste, prevailing in the age of Lewis XIV. They
had been demolished completely, and were let out ever
since 1764 —1803, duringwhich time they were employed
for agricultural and pomological purposes. But now the
whole presents quite a different appearance; the walks,
laid out like an English garden, present, in summer, the
most luxuriant vegetation, owing to the fertile granite
soil. The Oberforstrath (upper forestic counsellor) Gat-
terer, as well as Metzger, the present inspector of gar-
dens, husband this plantation with the utmost zeal. —
You may ascend to the castle by two inaiuroads. It is
situated at the foot of the Konigsstuhl (King’s-stool), a
projection, 313 feet above the Neckar, and 613 above the
level of the sea , and its basement is founded upon granit;
hence the luxuriant vegetation of the environs; hence the
ivy, covering large walls, and masses of ruins, and growing
here luxuriantly. One road proceeds from the grain-
market, commonly called: the Burgweg (Castle-road),
which, on ascending higher, is divided into two separate
ones, one of which takes you round the ruins, along a