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inscription ronnd its neck, according to which it is reported to
have been 267 years old.
In the year 1504, emperor Maximilian outlawed this elector
and invaded his country with an army, because he had interfered
in the dispute about the Bavarian succession, in behalf of his son.
On this occasion Heidelberg was also threatened; but the castle,
as well as the town, being too strongly fortified, and defended
by a greater number of cannons than many a prince at that time
could boast of, the enemy did not dare to assail it. This prince
has undoubtedly contributed to the enlargement of the castle, and
probably added several fortifications on the site of the present
Stuechgarten, the ancient armory (Tab. I. 31), and of the sub-
struction of the offices built by him.
He died at Germersheim in 1508, and was buried in the
church of the holy ghost at Heidelberg.
17. LEWIS V., Count Palatine and Elector,
son of Philip the sincere, born at Heidelberg, July 2. 1478, mar-
ried Sybilla, daughter of Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, and succeeded
his father in 1508. He patronised men of learning, was an ex-
tremely prudent prince, who had the prosperity of his country
greatly at heart, and contributed considerably to the enlargement
and better fortification of the castle. He conceived the grand
plan to surround the castle completely with a bulwark, and exe-
cuted it in a great measure. The large fosse of the castle (15), the
raising and extension of the whole southern wall, together with
the bridge (19), the bridge-house (18), and the square tower (21);
the raising of the Stuechgarten (8 and 9), the building of the big
tower (12), and- the commencement of the northern wall, which
was to be annexed to the octagon tower, beneath the English
building (14), the building of Lewis (35), the offices (44), the
well (46), the alterations of the Ruprecht's - building (22) , and
other improvements were executed at a great expence under his
various government.
In the year 1523, Lewis gave a solemn shooting with the
cross-bow, in the sea-garden, to which he invited many German
princes, who deliberated on that occasion upon the means of
checking the insurrection of the country-people, which then had
broken out, and of putting a stop to the general corruption of
morals, and the luxury at that time raging in Germany. For this
purpose they drew up an agreement, in behalf of themselves and
of their dependents.
At three o' clock, in the afternoon, Apr.25.1537, a dreadful
thunderstorm discharged itself upon Heidelberg; the lightening
struck into the old castle, setting fire to the gun-powder kept
there, when the violence of the explosion blew up the whole
fabric, together with all the military stores that happened to be
in it, considerably injuring the lower castle, and wounding a
great many people.
Before this prince could accomplish all - the plans he had
in view, for which his brother Frederic II. often had blamed
him, on account of the expences they were attended with, he died
in the castle of Heidelberg in 1544, without issue, and was
buried in the church of the holy ghost.
inscription ronnd its neck, according to which it is reported to
have been 267 years old.
In the year 1504, emperor Maximilian outlawed this elector
and invaded his country with an army, because he had interfered
in the dispute about the Bavarian succession, in behalf of his son.
On this occasion Heidelberg was also threatened; but the castle,
as well as the town, being too strongly fortified, and defended
by a greater number of cannons than many a prince at that time
could boast of, the enemy did not dare to assail it. This prince
has undoubtedly contributed to the enlargement of the castle, and
probably added several fortifications on the site of the present
Stuechgarten, the ancient armory (Tab. I. 31), and of the sub-
struction of the offices built by him.
He died at Germersheim in 1508, and was buried in the
church of the holy ghost at Heidelberg.
17. LEWIS V., Count Palatine and Elector,
son of Philip the sincere, born at Heidelberg, July 2. 1478, mar-
ried Sybilla, daughter of Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, and succeeded
his father in 1508. He patronised men of learning, was an ex-
tremely prudent prince, who had the prosperity of his country
greatly at heart, and contributed considerably to the enlargement
and better fortification of the castle. He conceived the grand
plan to surround the castle completely with a bulwark, and exe-
cuted it in a great measure. The large fosse of the castle (15), the
raising and extension of the whole southern wall, together with
the bridge (19), the bridge-house (18), and the square tower (21);
the raising of the Stuechgarten (8 and 9), the building of the big
tower (12), and- the commencement of the northern wall, which
was to be annexed to the octagon tower, beneath the English
building (14), the building of Lewis (35), the offices (44), the
well (46), the alterations of the Ruprecht's - building (22) , and
other improvements were executed at a great expence under his
various government.
In the year 1523, Lewis gave a solemn shooting with the
cross-bow, in the sea-garden, to which he invited many German
princes, who deliberated on that occasion upon the means of
checking the insurrection of the country-people, which then had
broken out, and of putting a stop to the general corruption of
morals, and the luxury at that time raging in Germany. For this
purpose they drew up an agreement, in behalf of themselves and
of their dependents.
At three o' clock, in the afternoon, Apr.25.1537, a dreadful
thunderstorm discharged itself upon Heidelberg; the lightening
struck into the old castle, setting fire to the gun-powder kept
there, when the violence of the explosion blew up the whole
fabric, together with all the military stores that happened to be
in it, considerably injuring the lower castle, and wounding a
great many people.
Before this prince could accomplish all - the plans he had
in view, for which his brother Frederic II. often had blamed
him, on account of the expences they were attended with, he died
in the castle of Heidelberg in 1544, without issue, and was
buried in the church of the holy ghost.