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sort. At the western extremity he caused the door to be applied,
which is still to be seen, and by means of it and a kind of draw-
bridge formed a kind of connexion with the little garden in the
Stueckgarden. Under the door is an opening, through which one
can see the grooves in which the door could be moved up and
down , and immediately behind it is a kind of passage, which ori-
ginally may have served for a junction-passage, as well as for
erecting the machinery by which the door and the bridge could
be put in motion.
The second story of this building was, Sept. 19., 1671, as-
signed to Ernestine, princess of Denmark *) , bride of the electoral
prince Charles, previous to her marriage.
Febr. 16. 1689, this building was burnt down by the French,
at its foot blown up with gunpowder and reduced to its present
ruinous condition.
Against the end of the eighteenth century the floor of the sub-
struction was cleared of the rubbish, and, being covered with
mould, the little garden planted upon it, which about the year
1806 was connected by the present staircase with the Stueckgarden,
and denominated the aerial garden.
15. The fosse of the castle us far as the bridge
(Tab. II., X., IV. near the bridge.) ,
was dug at the same time when the Stueckgarden was founded by
Lewis V., about the year 1528, five feet deep thoroughly lined
with clay, and filled with water, which could be raised 8 feet
high. The water flowing from the various wells of the mount,
was here collected, and is still passing underneath the Stueck-
garden to, what is called: den hurzen Bucket, where it is re-
ceived in pipes; at an earlier period it flowed into a stone canal,
*) Vid. dio Vermalungsbeschreibung d. K. Carl.
which, however, was filled up by the rubbish of the round bastion
when it was overturned; from there it flowed to the late mills of
the castle (60), whence it discharged itself into the falsebray of
the town in the present Bartholomaean garden.
Owing to the repeated demolitions of the castle, great part
of the fosse was choked up, in consequence of which it was so
completely dried up as to be overgrown at present with trees.
In 1767, the entire lining of freestones of the southern part of
the fosse, together with the projecting freestone wall at the foot,
were shamefully demolished by Buechler, a master-mason of
Heidelberg, by the direction of Wuestner, the inspector of build-
ings , and the slabs carried to Schwetzingen, where they were
applied to the construction of sluices. The socle of the Stueck-
garden-wall would have experienced the same fate, if the ex-
chequer had not interfered at the instance of the castellain Gamier *).
JL6. The ivall or rampart of the castle, from the English
building to the bridge (Tab. II.),
probably was raised soon after 1433, when the areal of the castle
was enlarged the first time by Lewis III., when this elector erect-
ed the intermediate old building (23) ; and it may be supposed that
Lewis V. added the lining of freestone, raised, roofed and pro-
vided it with the round tower (17) , about the year 1528. The
substruction of the English building and the round tower, with
which the covered way of the wall was connected, still exhibit
traces of the mortar with which the roof was plastered.
.This wall shared the general destruction of the castle in the
Orleans - war.
17. The little round tower
was built by Lewis V., about the year 1528, when he raised
*) According to a treasury-report of Sept. 25, 1TT6.
which is still to be seen, and by means of it and a kind of draw-
bridge formed a kind of connexion with the little garden in the
Stueckgarden. Under the door is an opening, through which one
can see the grooves in which the door could be moved up and
down , and immediately behind it is a kind of passage, which ori-
ginally may have served for a junction-passage, as well as for
erecting the machinery by which the door and the bridge could
be put in motion.
The second story of this building was, Sept. 19., 1671, as-
signed to Ernestine, princess of Denmark *) , bride of the electoral
prince Charles, previous to her marriage.
Febr. 16. 1689, this building was burnt down by the French,
at its foot blown up with gunpowder and reduced to its present
ruinous condition.
Against the end of the eighteenth century the floor of the sub-
struction was cleared of the rubbish, and, being covered with
mould, the little garden planted upon it, which about the year
1806 was connected by the present staircase with the Stueckgarden,
and denominated the aerial garden.
15. The fosse of the castle us far as the bridge
(Tab. II., X., IV. near the bridge.) ,
was dug at the same time when the Stueckgarden was founded by
Lewis V., about the year 1528, five feet deep thoroughly lined
with clay, and filled with water, which could be raised 8 feet
high. The water flowing from the various wells of the mount,
was here collected, and is still passing underneath the Stueck-
garden to, what is called: den hurzen Bucket, where it is re-
ceived in pipes; at an earlier period it flowed into a stone canal,
*) Vid. dio Vermalungsbeschreibung d. K. Carl.
which, however, was filled up by the rubbish of the round bastion
when it was overturned; from there it flowed to the late mills of
the castle (60), whence it discharged itself into the falsebray of
the town in the present Bartholomaean garden.
Owing to the repeated demolitions of the castle, great part
of the fosse was choked up, in consequence of which it was so
completely dried up as to be overgrown at present with trees.
In 1767, the entire lining of freestones of the southern part of
the fosse, together with the projecting freestone wall at the foot,
were shamefully demolished by Buechler, a master-mason of
Heidelberg, by the direction of Wuestner, the inspector of build-
ings , and the slabs carried to Schwetzingen, where they were
applied to the construction of sluices. The socle of the Stueck-
garden-wall would have experienced the same fate, if the ex-
chequer had not interfered at the instance of the castellain Gamier *).
JL6. The ivall or rampart of the castle, from the English
building to the bridge (Tab. II.),
probably was raised soon after 1433, when the areal of the castle
was enlarged the first time by Lewis III., when this elector erect-
ed the intermediate old building (23) ; and it may be supposed that
Lewis V. added the lining of freestone, raised, roofed and pro-
vided it with the round tower (17) , about the year 1528. The
substruction of the English building and the round tower, with
which the covered way of the wall was connected, still exhibit
traces of the mortar with which the roof was plastered.
.This wall shared the general destruction of the castle in the
Orleans - war.
17. The little round tower
was built by Lewis V., about the year 1528, when he raised
*) According to a treasury-report of Sept. 25, 1TT6.