Identifier: 15202284.5282.emory.edu
Title: Southern Germany, including Wurtemberg and Bavaria: handbook for travellers
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Leipsic : Karl Baedeker
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er-shed between the Rhine and the Elbe, and descends into the Loguitz-Thalto (29 M.) Ludwigsttadt (branch-line in 40 min. to Lehesten, with extensiveslate-quarries). By the hamlet of Lauemtein the train quits Bavaria, entersSaxe-Meiningen, and reaches (34 M.) Probstzella (Rail. Restaurant), whereit joins the Prussian State railway. Then Marktgolitz, Unterloquitz, Eichicht,and (50 M.) Saalfeld, junction of the lines to Jena, Grossheringen, Halle,and Berlin, and to Weida, Zeitz, and Weissenfels or Leipsic: see BaedekersNorthern Germany. 161 M. Lichtenfels (866 ft.; Anker, R. 1-1/4 jgt Hotel Moulin,both near the station; *Krone, in the market) is the junction ofthe Werra line (see Baedekers N. Germany). Schloss Banz on theright (l1/4 hr- from Lichtenfels) and Vierzehnheiligen on the left(1 hr.) are conspicuous objects. Pleasure-grounds on the Burobera. Carriage to Vieriehnheiligen 4V2, to Banz 6 M (return included). Weinay visit both on foot by going from Lichtenfels to Vierzehnheili»en
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to Nuremberg. BAMBERG. 16. Route. 75 (1 hr.), and thence to Bans (l>/» hr.), and descending to (>/i hr.) stat.Staffelstein (see below). By the direct road Banz is l/z hr. from Lichten-fels: we follow the direction of the railway, cross the Main at the ferry-houses, and then ascend the hill. The once celebrated Benedictine Abbey of Banz (1380 ft.; *Inn), foundedin 1096, was dissolved in 1803. The extensive buildings on a wooded height,400 ft. above the Main, now belong to Duke Charles Theodore of Bavaria.Delightful view from the terrace. Valuable collection of fossils found inthe lias of the neighbourhood (fine saurians, colossal ammonites, etc.).The Egyptian collection is unimportant. A Descent from the Cross, arelief in silver, presented by Pope Pius VI. to his godson Duke Pius ofBavaria, is erroneously attributed to Benv. Cellini. Opposite Banz is Vieriehnhailigen (1270 ft.; Hirsch), the most frequentedshrine in Franconia, visited by about 50,000 pilgrims annually. The church

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