Sight-seeing in Germany and the Tyrol in the autumn of 1855
Pagina 49 di 417
Autore:
Forbes, John / by sir John Forbes
Luogo:
London
Editore:
Smith, Felder and Co.
Descrizione fisica:
XIX, 378 S. : Ill., Kt.
Lingua:
Englisch
Soggetto:
g.Deutschland ; f.Reisebericht 1855<br />g.Österreich ; f.Reisebericht 1855<br />g.Tirol ; f.Reisebericht 1855
Segnatura:
II A-23.768
ID interno:
152665
äbode at thè Blumenberg, an excellent hotel, in a fine Situation. The country between these cities is very interesting, being perfectly fiat and bare, but well cultivated. Leipzig is a very handsomc town, and contains 80,000 mhabitants. It is badly placed on a perfect flat, but this evil is somewhat redeemed by thè yicinity of thè rivers Pleisse and Elster, which unite in ^ts immediate vicinity. It is an interesting and andsome town, combining thè quaint picturesqueness °f Halle, with thè more
severa! 111 -Leipzig. Of Sights, in thè ordinary sense, Leipzig is rather urren. Being so compìetelv a Protestant town—thè Catholics not exceeding 1200—its churches are not only less accessible but less interesting ; though thè ^ìcolaikirche, Thomaskirche, and thè Paidinerkirche, deserve a visit. The university (Augusteum und 7 Ünum) is a fine model structure, and well placed 131 thè large open space or square which forms thè Promenade and contains also a splendid new post ice, and otlier public