PHARBURG. 15. Route. 99 tower commands a good survey of the town and environs. Fee 5 Sgr. — The Grosse Kirche contains the marble monument of Count Enno II. of E. Friesland. The Natural History Museum contains a fine collection of specimens of amber. The Museum of Art and Antiquity contains a small picture-gallery. Emden is a good starting-point (steamer daily in 4–5 hrs.) for the islands of Norderney and Borkum, two of the most frequented German sea bathing-places (comp. p. 91). From Bremerhaven to Norderney, see p. 91.

15. From Hanover to Hamburg. Railway in 4"|2–5 hrs. ; fares 4 Thlr. 712, 3 Thlr. 6, 2 Thlr. 412 Sgr. Passengers from Hamburg are lable to custom-house examination. Hanover, see p. 72. Stat. Misburg; then Lehrte, the junction of the Berlin-Hanover-Cologne (p. 56), the Magdeburg-Brunswick Hanover (p. 58), and the Hildesheim (p. 56) lines. Stations Burg dorf, Ehlershausen. Stat. Celle (Hannov. Hof; Sandkrug, Adler; Bockstöver's Hotel), on the Aller, with 16,300 inhab., possesses an old Schloss now restored, with an interesting chapel of 1485. The ‘French Garden' contains a monument to Queen Caroline of Denmark (d. 1775), sister of George III. of England. There is an extensive horse rearing establishment here. Stations Eschede, Unterlüss, Suderburg, Uelzen (where there are several large blocks of stone covered with a kind of roof, pro bably of Druidical or early Saxon origin), Bevensen, Bienenbüttel, beyond which the dreary Lüneburger Heide is traversed. Stat. Lüneburg (*Wellenkamp's Hôtel; Deutsches Haus; Hoff nung), an old town of some importance, with 14,500 inhab., on the navigable Ilmenau, possesses many picturesque buildings of the 15th and 16th cent., among which the Fürstenhaus and the *Rathhaus in the market-place deserve notice. The latter contains some good wood-carving of the 16th cent., old silver plate, and stained glass. The churches are also worthy of inspection. *St. John's, with its double aisles, St. Michael's, and St. Lambert's date from the 14th cent. , St. Nicholas from the 15th. The Russians and Prussians gained a victory over the French near Lüneburg in 1813. Ex tensive salt-works. Fine view from the Kalkberg. Branch Line to Lauenburg, Büchen, and Lübeck in 3"|2 hrs. (Hanover to Lübeck 634 hrs.). Beyond Lüneburg the train passes Bardewieck, once the chief commercial town of N. Germany. It was destroyed by Henry the Lion in 1189, and fragments of the vast cathedral now alone remain. Harburg (* König von Schweden, R. 20, L. 4, A. 5 Sgr.; * Weisser Schwan; *Rail. Restaurant), an increasing town with 16,506 inhab. Beyond Harburg the line crosses the Elbe by the new railway-bridge (p. 103) to Hamburg (see below).