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Walks.
have stopt, on his way to Heidelberg, i«i 1518 , at a house,
that is easily known by its odd, antique form. Hand-
schuhsheim (inh. 1950), at the foot of the mountain, is
very much frequented by strangers and reconvalescents,
who often make a longer stay there, on account of its
mild and salubrious air. Here the earliest cherries ripen,
form a considerable commerce, and are conveyed, by
water, by the industrious inhabitants, to Holland, nay
even to England, This very ancient place was once the
property of a noble family, mentioned already in the 12th
century; the last lord of Handschuhsheim fell in a duel
with a lord of Hirschhorn, in the open marketplace of
Heidelberg in 1(100 The remains of an ancient castle
may still be seen in the village, the spot is the property
of the count of Helmstadt. The church, which is jointly
used by the protestants and the Roman catholics, contains
many ancient monuments, escutcheons, inscriptions a. s. f.
A severe battle was fought in the plain (1795), in front
of the village by the Austrians under Quosdanovich and
the French, who had come out of Mannheim, but were
repulsed with great loss.
Dossenheim, a village of 1490 inhabitants, lies a
little below Handschuhsheim, laterally from the highroad,
between fertile forhills, and shaded by charming trees;
upon one of the nearer forhills you descry the ruins of
Schauenburg, a fifty located fort, that was, however
destroyed by Frederick, the Victorious. The mere pro-
spect from the top rewards sufficiently for the trouble
of ascending; but you will be pleased yet better, if you
proceed to the neighbouring Oelberg (mount of olives,
a huge mass of porphyry, rising here, to the height of
1342 feet above the level of the sea). On its northern
declivity, there lie the ruins of Strahlenburg, on a pro-
Walks.
have stopt, on his way to Heidelberg, i«i 1518 , at a house,
that is easily known by its odd, antique form. Hand-
schuhsheim (inh. 1950), at the foot of the mountain, is
very much frequented by strangers and reconvalescents,
who often make a longer stay there, on account of its
mild and salubrious air. Here the earliest cherries ripen,
form a considerable commerce, and are conveyed, by
water, by the industrious inhabitants, to Holland, nay
even to England, This very ancient place was once the
property of a noble family, mentioned already in the 12th
century; the last lord of Handschuhsheim fell in a duel
with a lord of Hirschhorn, in the open marketplace of
Heidelberg in 1(100 The remains of an ancient castle
may still be seen in the village, the spot is the property
of the count of Helmstadt. The church, which is jointly
used by the protestants and the Roman catholics, contains
many ancient monuments, escutcheons, inscriptions a. s. f.
A severe battle was fought in the plain (1795), in front
of the village by the Austrians under Quosdanovich and
the French, who had come out of Mannheim, but were
repulsed with great loss.
Dossenheim, a village of 1490 inhabitants, lies a
little below Handschuhsheim, laterally from the highroad,
between fertile forhills, and shaded by charming trees;
upon one of the nearer forhills you descry the ruins of
Schauenburg, a fifty located fort, that was, however
destroyed by Frederick, the Victorious. The mere pro-
spect from the top rewards sufficiently for the trouble
of ascending; but you will be pleased yet better, if you
proceed to the neighbouring Oelberg (mount of olives,
a huge mass of porphyry, rising here, to the height of
1342 feet above the level of the sea). On its northern
declivity, there lie the ruins of Strahlenburg, on a pro-