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Title: Romantic Germany
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Schauffler, Robert Haven, 1879-1964
Subjects: Cities and towns -- Germany Germany -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York : The Century Co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ometimes the plain, east-ern facade is very friendly beyond the throng ofbarges along its water-front; and even the royalstables are a goodly sight from here on a sunnymorning, topped by the Gothic spire of the Churchof St. Peter. But best of all is the view in June from the Elec-tors Bridge, with the bit of tree-embowered gardenat the southeastern corner of the castle, the vinesclothing the ancient walls to the very top, and trail-ing over the embankment into the water; with themonumental columns and portals of the southernfa9ade, and the green cupola coming out slightlyabove the mass with an inimitable effect, while Nep-tunes Fountain in the square throws rainbow mistabout his glistening water-folk, and the Great Elec-tor in bronze rides with a true Roman nobility onhis bridge, coolly satisfied with the outlook. This isBerlins greatest monument, and it seems almost apart of the castle itself, for both were largely thecreations of the greatest of Prussian architects, 54 > ? > H
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BERLIN Andreas Schliiter, and both are among the finestexamples of baroque art in Prussia. There is a suspicion of legend hanging about thisbridge, for the story goes that Schliiter, on discover-ing that he had forgotten to fit the Great Electorshorse with shoes, jumped into the Spree and wasseen no more. But, in spite of this defect in equip-ment, old Frederick William, every New YearsEve, jumps his horse over the heads of the fetteredslaves and rides as light as a shadow through thecity to find how the seed of his sowing has thrivenand how the young HohenzoUerns have been up-holding the family record. In 1750, when Frederick the Great had finishedhis new cathedral, the bones of all his ancestors sinceJoachim II had to be shifted from the ancient vaultsto the new. Frederick, with some attendants, wit-nessed the operation, writes the historian Preuss.When the Great Electors coffin came, he madethem open it; gazed for some time in silence on thefeatures, which were perfectly recognizab

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