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called the Stiftsmuhle, lies a little way farther; you
can there get refreshments. — A path , above the
cloister, takes you, by a woody eminence, to the romantic
Fiirstenweiher, league in the upper part of the narrow
valley, stretching down to the bank of the Ncckar, and
together with the scattered dwellings of Zie.gelhausen,
has 1350 inhabitants; publick house: the Adler (eagle).
There stood a princely palace, intended to be the dwelling
of the counts Palatine and their court; there were three
ponds with trout near it, which, however, were turned
into meadows, tho’ still called: Fiirstenweiher (Prince’s
Ponds). The lover of charming valleys and of a delightful
enjoyment of nature, will, no doubt, be charmed with
the scenery which he beholds here. Such as do not
intend to proceed farther to the Glashiltte (as it is called,
tho’ no glass is manufactured there at present) or to
Petersthal, a charming little village, 1V2 league from
Heidelberg, whose inhabitants (nearly 300), like those
of Ziegelhausen , on account of their limited bounds,
occupy themselves principally with washing and bleaching,
may return by the highroad, hard by the river. A more
extensive excursion offers itself to you to Scluenau (1500
inhabitants); the highroad, steep in the beginning, af-
fords charming views, up and down the.valley of the
Neckar, and then takes you, by a beautiful wood, into
a cheerful valley, in which the old little town lies.
Here a cloister was founded in the twelfth century , by
a bishop of Worms, Hugo de Ahorn, which, on account
of its site, was called SchiBnaugia (line eyes), and, being
enlarged by considerable donations, soon extended its
possessions all around, so that the abbots, of which
there were, in the whole, 50, occupying a high rank,
and a hotel of their own (Misnchhof, monk’s yard) at Hei-
delberg. Nay, one of these abbots, is said to have caused
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called the Stiftsmuhle, lies a little way farther; you
can there get refreshments. — A path , above the
cloister, takes you, by a woody eminence, to the romantic
Fiirstenweiher, league in the upper part of the narrow
valley, stretching down to the bank of the Ncckar, and
together with the scattered dwellings of Zie.gelhausen,
has 1350 inhabitants; publick house: the Adler (eagle).
There stood a princely palace, intended to be the dwelling
of the counts Palatine and their court; there were three
ponds with trout near it, which, however, were turned
into meadows, tho’ still called: Fiirstenweiher (Prince’s
Ponds). The lover of charming valleys and of a delightful
enjoyment of nature, will, no doubt, be charmed with
the scenery which he beholds here. Such as do not
intend to proceed farther to the Glashiltte (as it is called,
tho’ no glass is manufactured there at present) or to
Petersthal, a charming little village, 1V2 league from
Heidelberg, whose inhabitants (nearly 300), like those
of Ziegelhausen , on account of their limited bounds,
occupy themselves principally with washing and bleaching,
may return by the highroad, hard by the river. A more
extensive excursion offers itself to you to Scluenau (1500
inhabitants); the highroad, steep in the beginning, af-
fords charming views, up and down the.valley of the
Neckar, and then takes you, by a beautiful wood, into
a cheerful valley, in which the old little town lies.
Here a cloister was founded in the twelfth century , by
a bishop of Worms, Hugo de Ahorn, which, on account
of its site, was called SchiBnaugia (line eyes), and, being
enlarged by considerable donations, soon extended its
possessions all around, so that the abbots, of which
there were, in the whole, 50, occupying a high rank,
and a hotel of their own (Misnchhof, monk’s yard) at Hei-
delberg. Nay, one of these abbots, is said to have caused