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where the description of the garden and of the opposite vaults
begins, concluding, at 82 , with the bathingrooms , whence he
may return to the bridgehouse, proceeding, by the steps, into
the fosse to the prince's fountain, described at 49. A strait road
leads from the steps past a high side of a rock, on the left, which
Lewis V., when enlarging the garden, caused to be perforated.
This rocky wall is very remarkable in a geognostic view, in as
much as it shews the superstratum of sandstone above the granite,
which can be seen most distinctly at the spot, where the waste-
water of the upper prince's fountain is trickling down. On the
left you behold a small vivary which was constructed of freestone,
taken from the adjoining wall of the castle, at the lime, when the
prince's fountain (49) was erected, and served for the breeding
of trout.
49. The lower prince's fountain,
also called frischer Froschbrunnen (sweet frog's fountain), con-
structed under Charles Theodor, in 1767, by the electoral con-
duitmaster Breyer of Schwetzingen, probably because the spring
of the upper prince's fountain, whence the water was taken for
the court at Mannheim, did not flow in sufficient quantity, expe-
ditiously enough to fill the flasks.
The initials of Charles Theodor are to be seen over the door,
with the following inscription underneath:
NoVa et sanlssIMa CaroLI TheoDorl patrls patriae sCatVrlgo a Matre patriae
ELIsabetha AVgVsta In neCtar reCens sanltatls parlter Deslgnata.
The spring, discharging itself into a trough, and through
two pipes on the outside of the wellhouse, issues from a shaft cut
into the rocks of granite. Above this shaft there is a vault, which
receives the water oozing out of the rock, and carries it off, to
prevent its adulterating the pure spring water. The shaft itself is
closed by an iron door, which has the following inscription at the
top: NATURA SANUS, DIRECTIONE THOMAE BREYERI
CLARUS, i. e. sanative by nature, rendered pure under the di-
rection of Thomas Breyer. The interior is ornamented with frag-
ments of tophus, with corals, shells etc., which formerly deco-
rated the grotto of the castlegarden (91). On the right hand, with-
out the little house, there is an old closed reservoir in the ancient
Mall, with the date of 1595 at the top, which probably was de-
prived of its water by the construction of the prince's fountain.
50. The casemate with the late conduit)
is to be considered as a work of ancient times, which was connect-
ed with the ancient rampart and extended itself towards the upper
part of the Friesenberg, in order to protect the eastern front of
the lower casemate, and by means of the upper passage to secure
the conduit supplying the castle with water. When the plain on
which at present the economical garden is planted, was filled up,
already in the 15th century, this casemate was likewise filled up,
being deemed superfluous, as may be seen at the bottom, where
at the depth of 18 feet below the garden, the passages may still
be traced. A deep gutter is cut into the high gardenwall, whence
we may conclude, that the water conveyed into the upper passage,
was conducted first to the late cooper's workshop, in the present
economical garden , and thence, down the wall into the open case-
mate to the castle fountain. Further particulars respecting this
casemate will be found in the description of the castle fountain (45).
The aperture leading from the fosse to the road to the castle,
was made in 1804, when the present garden was planted. The
high superstruction fronting the blown-up tower, seems to be
coeval with the upper casemate and to have communicated with it.
51. The upper casemate (Tab. VI. 6. X.),
runs, below the eastern rampart, from the large casemate to the
where the description of the garden and of the opposite vaults
begins, concluding, at 82 , with the bathingrooms , whence he
may return to the bridgehouse, proceeding, by the steps, into
the fosse to the prince's fountain, described at 49. A strait road
leads from the steps past a high side of a rock, on the left, which
Lewis V., when enlarging the garden, caused to be perforated.
This rocky wall is very remarkable in a geognostic view, in as
much as it shews the superstratum of sandstone above the granite,
which can be seen most distinctly at the spot, where the waste-
water of the upper prince's fountain is trickling down. On the
left you behold a small vivary which was constructed of freestone,
taken from the adjoining wall of the castle, at the lime, when the
prince's fountain (49) was erected, and served for the breeding
of trout.
49. The lower prince's fountain,
also called frischer Froschbrunnen (sweet frog's fountain), con-
structed under Charles Theodor, in 1767, by the electoral con-
duitmaster Breyer of Schwetzingen, probably because the spring
of the upper prince's fountain, whence the water was taken for
the court at Mannheim, did not flow in sufficient quantity, expe-
ditiously enough to fill the flasks.
The initials of Charles Theodor are to be seen over the door,
with the following inscription underneath:
NoVa et sanlssIMa CaroLI TheoDorl patrls patriae sCatVrlgo a Matre patriae
ELIsabetha AVgVsta In neCtar reCens sanltatls parlter Deslgnata.
The spring, discharging itself into a trough, and through
two pipes on the outside of the wellhouse, issues from a shaft cut
into the rocks of granite. Above this shaft there is a vault, which
receives the water oozing out of the rock, and carries it off, to
prevent its adulterating the pure spring water. The shaft itself is
closed by an iron door, which has the following inscription at the
top: NATURA SANUS, DIRECTIONE THOMAE BREYERI
CLARUS, i. e. sanative by nature, rendered pure under the di-
rection of Thomas Breyer. The interior is ornamented with frag-
ments of tophus, with corals, shells etc., which formerly deco-
rated the grotto of the castlegarden (91). On the right hand, with-
out the little house, there is an old closed reservoir in the ancient
Mall, with the date of 1595 at the top, which probably was de-
prived of its water by the construction of the prince's fountain.
50. The casemate with the late conduit)
is to be considered as a work of ancient times, which was connect-
ed with the ancient rampart and extended itself towards the upper
part of the Friesenberg, in order to protect the eastern front of
the lower casemate, and by means of the upper passage to secure
the conduit supplying the castle with water. When the plain on
which at present the economical garden is planted, was filled up,
already in the 15th century, this casemate was likewise filled up,
being deemed superfluous, as may be seen at the bottom, where
at the depth of 18 feet below the garden, the passages may still
be traced. A deep gutter is cut into the high gardenwall, whence
we may conclude, that the water conveyed into the upper passage,
was conducted first to the late cooper's workshop, in the present
economical garden , and thence, down the wall into the open case-
mate to the castle fountain. Further particulars respecting this
casemate will be found in the description of the castle fountain (45).
The aperture leading from the fosse to the road to the castle,
was made in 1804, when the present garden was planted. The
high superstruction fronting the blown-up tower, seems to be
coeval with the upper casemate and to have communicated with it.
51. The upper casemate (Tab. VI. 6. X.),
runs, below the eastern rampart, from the large casemate to the