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The Castle.
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new-planted grove of acacia-trees, thro’ what formerly
was a park, into the new plantations, or the castlegarden;
while the other road, formerly called: the alte Scliloss-
weg (Castle-road), takes you , immediately thro’ the out-
works, into the interior of the castleyard. A second road,
which, upon the whole, is a very convenient horseroad,
thro’ the ancient Mountain-town, which, from a distance,
covered by shrubbery and stretching over meadowground,
affords a more charming prospect than the interior offers,
takes you immediately into the interior of the castle, on
the western side, first, into lhe\Stilckgarten , as it is
called; then, across the bridge, into the inside of the
castle, unless you should prefer to proceed straightways
into the plantations. The entrance of the Stuckgarten is
formed by the Elisabethenthor (Gate of Elizabeth) so called
by Frederick V (1615), the founder, in honour of his con-
sort, to whom this garden and the adjoining building were
devoted. The Stuckgarten itself, planted by Lewis V iu
the beginning of the 16th century, in defence of the castle
from the western side, hencejalso called the Great Ram-
part, was turned into a garden, soon after, under Frede-
rick V,^butin the subsequent wars restored to its original
destination, until the French, under the command of Me-
lac, attempted to blow up the gigantic walls efit. Traces
of these attempts are still to be seen everywhere, li'he
space, which this rampart occupied, now serves the civil
artillerists fortheir exercises; hence its present name. It
forms, at present, only a large terrace, irregularly planted
with lofty lindentrees, and covered with a fresh green ;
the view of the town from above, and of the extensive
plain, watered by the Rhine and Neckar, and limited, in
the west, only by the Vogesian and Haardt-mountains,
affords a truly charming prospect, and leaves an indelible
impression on the mind. Other remarkable objects, but
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new-planted grove of acacia-trees, thro’ what formerly
was a park, into the new plantations, or the castlegarden;
while the other road, formerly called: the alte Scliloss-
weg (Castle-road), takes you , immediately thro’ the out-
works, into the interior of the castleyard. A second road,
which, upon the whole, is a very convenient horseroad,
thro’ the ancient Mountain-town, which, from a distance,
covered by shrubbery and stretching over meadowground,
affords a more charming prospect than the interior offers,
takes you immediately into the interior of the castle, on
the western side, first, into lhe\Stilckgarten , as it is
called; then, across the bridge, into the inside of the
castle, unless you should prefer to proceed straightways
into the plantations. The entrance of the Stuckgarten is
formed by the Elisabethenthor (Gate of Elizabeth) so called
by Frederick V (1615), the founder, in honour of his con-
sort, to whom this garden and the adjoining building were
devoted. The Stuckgarten itself, planted by Lewis V iu
the beginning of the 16th century, in defence of the castle
from the western side, hencejalso called the Great Ram-
part, was turned into a garden, soon after, under Frede-
rick V,^butin the subsequent wars restored to its original
destination, until the French, under the command of Me-
lac, attempted to blow up the gigantic walls efit. Traces
of these attempts are still to be seen everywhere, li'he
space, which this rampart occupied, now serves the civil
artillerists fortheir exercises; hence its present name. It
forms, at present, only a large terrace, irregularly planted
with lofty lindentrees, and covered with a fresh green ;
the view of the town from above, and of the extensive
plain, watered by the Rhine and Neckar, and limited, in
the west, only by the Vogesian and Haardt-mountains,
affords a truly charming prospect, and leaves an indelible
impression on the mind. Other remarkable objects, but