45. from Baden (Or Strassburg) to Freiburg and Bâle
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238 Route 44. OFFENBURG. of the Enz; on the S. side as far as the (1 M.) Windhoſ, a café; on the N. side to the (1 M.) garden “Zum kihlen Brunnen', a favourite resort. A picturesque longer excursion (6 hrs. there and back) may be taken by the small Wildsee, which tradition has peopled with water-sprites, to the shooting-lodge of Kaltenbronn (2847 ft.) (Ta vern), and the Hohlochthurm, a fine point of view. The following is a very interesting excursion for a whole day (one horse carr. 5, two-horse 8 fl.), and is also recommended to pedestrians. Vià Calmbach (see above) to (2'ſ, M.) Reichenbach (Löwe). Thence, leaving the main road, by a bye-road to (6 M.) Röthenbach (view of Hohenzollern from a height as the village is approached; carriages should be sent on from this point to Teinach), and (2"|4. M.) Zavelstein (Lamm), with a pic turesque ruined castle. Descend to (11.2 M.) Teimach (Badhátel; Hirsch), charmingly situated, with mineral baths and a hydropathic establishment. Thence down to the (1 M.) Nagoldthal, and by Kentheim to (3 M.) Calw, an industrious place; then to (12 M.) Hirschau, or Hirsau (Hirsch), with a celebrated ruined monastery, and (334 M.) Liebenzell (Unteres and Oberes Bad), a bath with warm springs of long established repute, plea santly situated, and commanded by a ruined castle. Thence back to Wild bad by Hirschau and Calmbach. From Wild bad to Pforzheim by railway in 1 hr. (fares 55, 38, 25 kr.). Stations Calmbach, Höfen, Neuenbürg, Birkenfeld, and Pforzheim, whence trains run to Mühlacker and Durlach (see Baedeker's S. Germany). 45. From Baden (or Strassburg) to Freiburg and Bâle. Comp. Maps, pp. 194, 238. Railway in ºn." hrs. (express fares 8 fl. 33, 5 fl. 48 kr. ; ordinary 7 fl. 9, 4 fl. 51, 3 fl. 6 kr.). From Strassburg to Freiburg in 234–42 hrs. (express fares 5 fl. 42, 4 fl. 7 kr.; ordinary 5 fl., 3 fl. 36, 2 fl. 32). Finest views to the left. From Baden to Appenweier, see p. 200. From Strassburg to Appenweier, see p. 201. The line runs parallel with the mountains of the Black Forest. In the distance to the 1. rises the grand-ducal castle of Staufenberg, founded in the 11th cent. by Otho of Hohenstaufen, Bishop of Strass burg, and still in good preservation. Offenburg (* Fortuna; *Schwarzer Adler; *Bahnhof Hôtel, near the station), a small town on the Kinzig, contains a statue of Sir Francis Drake, ‘the introducer of the potato into Europe, 1586.’ Mod ern Gothic church in red sandstone with open tower. It was for merly an imperial town, and down to the Peace of Pressburg, the seat of government of the district of Ortenau, or Mordnau, which anci ently belonged to the Duchy of Alemannia or Swabia, while the Uffgau, in which Baden-Baden lies, was Franconian Rhenish terri tory. The Breisgau adjoins the Ortenau on the S. Branch-line from Offenburg to Hausach and Constance, see p. 257. The train crosses the Kinzig. On a hill to the 1. rises Schloss Ortenberg (p. 257). 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To the r. in the distance rise the Vosges, among which the Hohen-Königsburg (p. 214) is con spicuous. - The castle of Mahlberg to the 1., above the small town of that name, was once the seat of the old Baden government; in the middle ages it belonged to the Hohenstaufen. The town was founded by Conrad III. in the 12th cent. Near stat. Orschweier lies Ettenheim at the entrance to the Münsterthal, with a conspicuous church. A mournful interest at taches to this village as the spot where the Duc d'Enghien was arrested by order of Napoleon on the night of 14th March, 1804. Farther up the valley lies (11/2 M.) St. Landolin (*Reinbold), a small, pleasantly situated bath. Stat. Herbolzheim. Near stat. Kenzingen the line twice crosses the Elz. Above Hecklingen are the ruins of Lichtenegg, once a seat of the Counts of Tübingen. Near stat. Riegel the Dreisam unites with the Elz. The entire plain here was formerly a marsh, but is now drained by the Leopolds Canal. The isolated mountain on the r. is the volcanic Kaiserstuhl (p. 244), consisting principally of dolerite, the S. and E. slopes of which are fertile and thickly peopled. The line now traverses the plain between the Kaiserstuhl and the Black Forest, and commands a view of the hills round Freiburg. The Schauinsland (p. 243), Belchen (p. 271), and Blauen (p. 271), which next to the Feldberg (p. 262) are the highest points of the Black Forest, are visible in the distance, rising behind the cathedral of Freiburg. Stat. Emmendingen (Post), in the churchyard of which Goethe's sister Cornelia (d. 1777) is interred, possesses a good agricultural school. Beyond it, on a hill to the 1., are the extensive, well-pre served ruins of Hochburg, dismantled in 1689 by order of Louis XIV. Between Emmendingen and Denzlingen, with its quaint open tower, the train crosses the Elz. Beautiful view of the valley of the Elz, opening to the N.E.; at its entrance lies the little town of Waldkirch (p. 261), with a pointed white tower and ruined castle, at the N.W. base of the finely shaped Hohe-Kandel (4078 ft.). Near Freiburg, on the 1., stands the watch-tower of the ruined castle of Zähringen, once the seat of a powerful race, which became extinct in 1218 by the death of Count Berthold V. (p. 241). The present Grand Duke of Baden is a descendant of the Dukes of Zāh ringen. - 240. Route 43. FREIBURG. From Baden' Freiburg. Hotels. *ZÄhringer Hof (Pl. a), opposite the station, R. 1 ſl., B. 30 kr, ; *Hôtel Foehrenbach (Pl. b), in the S. suburb (spacious apartments); *ENGEL (PI. c); *Deutscher Hof (Pl. d); *PFAU (Pl. e), near the station, with a garden, pension in winter 2"|2–3 fl. 3 *WILDER MANN (Pl. fy, not far from the Schwabenthor; Hotel, LANg, new; charges moderate at all these hotels. – "Heil. Geist (Pl, g), opposite the west portal of the Münster, R. 48, D. 48 kr.; *RHEIN. Hof (Pl. i.); RöM. KAIs ER (Pl. h); FREIBURGER Hof, unpretending. - Cafés. *Kopf, adjoining the Engel, with garden. — Beer. Gramm, near the Schlossberg; Schaich; Bensel, Eisenbahn-Str. — Confectioners. Wolfinger, Kaiser-Str. ; Doyen, Salzgasse. Reading Room at the Museum (Pl. 20); admission through a member. Swimming Bath at the foot of the Lorettoberg, 12 kr. Cabs. For 1 pers. 12, 2 pers., ! hr. 15, 3 pers. 18, #"; 21 kr. ; "|2 hr. 24, 30, 36, 42 kr.: 3 hr. 36, 42, 48, 54 kr.; 1 hr. 48, 54, 60, 66 kr. Telegraph Office at the railway-station. Diligence to the Höllenthal (p. 261) daily. Carriage and pair to the Hirschensprung (p. 261) and back in 4"|2 hrs., 7 fl. 5 to the Höllensteig and back in 6 hrs., 9 fl. ; through the Höllenthal to the Titi-See, Schluchsee, and down the Albthal to Albbruck (p. 273) 36 fl. — Post-Omnibus through the Höllenthal to Neustadt, Donaueschingen, the Schluchsee, the Albthal, &c., a cheap and, not unpleasant conveyance; fare in the inside about 3||1, in the coupé 4 kr. per Engl. M. English Church Service in a room at the post-office buildings. Principal Attractions. The traveller should follow the Eisenbahn-Str. from the station through the town as far as the Schwabenthor, and ascend the Schlossberg, a walk of 20 min. On the way back visit the Münster, and Kaufhaus (exterior only of the latter), traverse the broad Kaiser-Strasse, and return to the station by the Friedrichs-Str. Freiburg (918 ft.) in the Breisgau, a town with 24,559 inhab. (2500 Prot.), situated 12 M. from the Rhine, vies with Baden and Heidelberg in the beauty of its environs. The mountains of the Black Forest, the picturesque hills in the vicinity, the populous and fertile plain, bounded by the vineclad Kaiserstuhl, and the lovely valley of the Dreisam, all combine to render the situation highly attractive. For nearly 300 years Freiburg belonged to the House of Haps burg; it suffered much in the Thirty Years' War; in 1677 it was taken by the French, fortified by Vauban, and confirmed to them by the Peace of Nymwegen in 1678; by the Peace of Ryswyk in 1697 it was given back to Austria, but conquered by Willars in 1713, after an obstinate defence. It was again restored to Austria by the Peace of Rastatt in 1714, besieged and taken by the French in 1745, and then, after the destruction of the fortifications, once more made over to Austria by the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748. The Breisgau, an hereditary possession of the house of Austria, of which Freiburg was the capital, was annexed to Baden by the Peace of Pressburg in 1806, and the town thus restored to the descend ants of the house of Zähringen, by which it was originally founded.