¬A¬ handbook for travellers in Southern Germany : being a guide to Würtemberg, Bavaria, Austria, Tyrol, Salzburg, Styria, ecc., the Austrian and Bavarian Alps, and the Danube from Ulm to the Black Sea
Bavaria. ROUTE 172.—HOF TO AUGSBURG RAILAVA1. 127 Altmühl, which flows into the Danube, Here is the Fossa Carolina, or the remains of the canal by which Charle magne, in 792, attempted to unite the Rhine and the Danube, through the Altmühl and Rezat. A very hill} gt gig 'fo to . 3 • Eichstädt .— Inn: Baierischer Hof. This town lies in the depths of the val ley of the Altmühl, has 7500 Inhab., and .is the chief town of a small dependent .principality of 5| Germ. m. s with a population of 24,000
the high "tar, and a stream of oil, which obtains the highest repute for its medicinal qualities, flows from them, between the months of October and May. On St. Walpurgis’ Day, May 1, many thou sand pilgrims repair to her sh rine. The legend of this saint relates that she was a native of Britain. A In/johMadt [hin: Münchner Hof), ROUTE 172. HOF TO AUGSBURG, BY BAMBERG ASH NUREMBERG. RAILWAY—THE I.UD- WIGS-SUB-NORB-BAHN, 48^ Germ, rn. — 223| Eng, m. Trains in 12| hours. At Hof is the junction
of the railway from Leipzig (see Handbook for JS\ Germ., Kte, 91), and that from Nuremberg and Bamberg. Hof .— I mis ; Ilivsch ; Brandenburger of. (Rte. 91, J\ r . Germ.) Eilwagen > Eger, Carlsbad, and Prague, and to ?.hlcitz, Zeitz, and Weisscnfels, and ce versa, in connection with the •a ins. The railway, after cutting through >me high ground, crosses the valley of ic Saale on a viaduct; of 9 arches, bout 3 m, from Hof, and runs along ie 1. bank of that river. 20 min. Oberkotzau St at., at the