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10. From Cassel to Hanover. Railway in 414–5 hrs. ; express fares 5 Thlr. 5, 3 Thir. 20, 2 Thir. 15 Sgr. ; ordinary A Thir. 15, 3 Thir. 11, 2 Thlr. 712 Sgr. Soon after leaving Cassel the train crosses the Fulda, and for a long distance skirts the picturesque banks of the stream. Stat. Münden (Goldner Löwe ; Hessischer Hof; Hôtel Schmidt; *Rail. Restaurant), charmingly situated on a tongue of land at the junction of the Fulda and Werra, the united waters of which form the Weser (steamboats to Minden and Bremen), is an old-fashioned place of some commercial importance. The Church of St. Blasius is of the 14th cent. The extensive Schloss, built by Duke Erich II. of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1571, is now a barrack, near which is the recently founded Forst-Academie. Picturesque views from Andree's Berggarten (10 min.), and from the Tivoli, near the station and the town. — Railway to Nordhausen and Halle, see R. 55. The train crosses the Werra, follows the valley of the Weser for some distance, ascends gradually to stat. Dransfeld, the culminating point of the line, and finally descends to the valley of the Leine. Stat. Göttingen (424 ft.) (Krone; Gebhard's Hôtel, near the station), with 14,534 inhab., is remarkable for nothing but its uni versity (700 stud.), founded by George II. of Hanover in 1737. The Library is very valuable (350,000 vols., 5000 MSS.). The anatomical (remarkable collection of skulls), natural history, and other collec tions may be visited by the scientific. From G & t t in gem to A re n s h a use n by a direct line from Cassel, in 35 min., ascending the broad valley of the Leine. Thence to Gotha, Erfurt, and Halle, see R. 55. Beyond stat. Bovenden is the ruin of Plesse, with beautiful wooded environs. Above stat. Nörthen rises the imposing ruin of Harden berg and a modern château, beyond it a slender watch-tower on an eminence. Northeim (Sonne), an old town, with a good church of 1519 (old carving at the altar; in the window of the choir, remnants of fine stained glass of 1404), is the station for travellers intending to explore the Harz from this side. From North eim to Her 2 berg railway in 3|1 hr. (22, 17, 11 Sgr.). Stations Catlenburg, Hattorf. Herzberg, and thence to Nordhausen and Er furt, see p. 256. Salzderhelden, with a saline spring and ruined castle, is the station for Eimbeck, 21/4 M. to the N.W., an old town famous for its beer. Stat. Kreiensen is the junction for Cologne, Brunswick, Magde burg, and Berlin (R. 4). Stat. Freden is situated in one of the prettiest parts of the valley of the Leine, on which the ruins of Freden and the Winzenburg look down from the heights. Stat. Al feld lies at the base of the Sieben Brüder, a group of hills, the highest of which is 1480 ft. above the sea-level. The mountainous district is now quitted. Stat. Banteln. 86 Route 11. BREMEN.

Beyond stat. Elze the Leine is crossed. On an eminence to the 1. rises Schloss Marienburg. Stat. Nordstemmen is the junction for Hildesheim (p. 56). Hanover, see p. 72.

11. From Hanover to Bremen. Railway in 3–312 hrs. ; fares 3 Thlr., 2 Th]r. 712. , 1 Thlr. 16 Sgr. At stat. Wunstorf (p. 55) the Bremen line diverges from the line from Hanover to Minden. The district traversed is poor, flat, and sandy. Near stat. Neustadt, to the W., is situated the Steinhuder Meer, an inland lake 2 M. in width, on an artificial island in which Count Wilhelm von der Lippe (d. 1777) erected the Wilhelmstein, a small model fortress where he established a military school. General Scharnhorst (p. 14) received his first military training here. Reh burg, on the W. bank, is a pleasant watering-place, with baths and whey-cure. Stations Hagen, Linsburg, Nienburg, Rohrsen, Eistrup, Döverden. Near stat. Verden, with its cathedral destitute of tower, where Charlemagne founded an episcopal see, the line crosses the Aller, which falls into the Weser below Verden. Stations Langwedel, Achim, Sebaldsbrück. Bremen. Money. Since 1st July, 1872; 1 Mark=100 Pfennige = 1 shilling Eng lish (1 Prussian Thaler = 3 Marks). The old currency was 1 dollar in gold (= 1 Thir. 3 Sgr. Prussian) = 72 Grote = 3 sh. 312 d. English (212"|al Grote = 1 Mark). The grote (a little more than 12 d.) is still in common use. Hotels. *HILLMANN's (Pl. d), Heerdenthor-Steinweg 39, at the corner of the Wallpromenade; * Hôtel, DE L'Europe (Pl. c.), opposite Hill mann's : * GRAND Hôtel du Nord (Pl.: a), Bahnhofs-Str. 14; three large es tablishments, with high charges. *STADT FRANKFURT (Pl. e), Domshof 18; *Hotel, Siepr NBURG (Pl. f), Wall 175; ALBERT1, Bahnhofs-Str. 27; HAN Nove Rsch Es HAUs (Pl. g), a hotel and boarding-house, Dechanat-Str. 15, near the Osterthor; SchA PER (P). h), CASPER, and BELLEvue (Pl. i.), all in the Bahnhofs-Str., R. 112 M. and upwards. Restaurants. *Rathskeller (p. 88); Rheinischer Keller, under the Hôtel de l’Europe; Alberti and Hôtel du Mord, see above; Börsen-Restaurant in the Exchange passage; * Hasselmann, Seemann-Str. 15; Jacobihalle, Jacobi kirchhof 13 (in the restored choir of a church); Kapff's Keller. Wacht Str. 43, by the Weser Bridge; Kirchner, Wacht-Strasse 40; Siedenburg, see above; at the Birgerpark, see p. 90. – Cafés. Hillmann's and Café de tº Europe, see above. — Beer. Haake & Co., Kirchen-Str.: Dornkiste, Martini-Str. 41a; C. H. Haake and Feldmann, Wacht-Str.: Kaune, in the Market; Engelhardt, Langen-Str.: Schaper, Bahnhofs-Str.: Hoppe, Wall 161. Cabs (with two horses) per drive within the city, 1–2 pers. 12 Grote, to Saltzmann's Garten 18, Bürgerpark 36, each additional pers. 3 Gr. ; for 14 hr. 16, 2 hr. 24, 34 hr. 32, 1 hr. 40 Gr., each additional ||4 hr. 8 Gr. ; small packages free; each box 6 Gr. Theatre daily. Performances in winter at the Stadttheater (Pl. 34). Open air theatres in summer at Saltz, ann's Garten and the Tivoli. Post Office at the Stadthaus, on the N. side in the Domshof. Office for money-orders and diligence passengers in the Violen-Str. Telegraph Office at the Exchange.