¬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
the paintings in the castle: a Ma- Croatian prince, who retired hither in donna and Child, with the Emperor the 9th centv,, and lived in a cave which ( Charles IV. and his wife on their knees, still exists. The marks of the saint s | Many of the paintings which cover knees, and of the devil’s claws ;whoj ' Wl ills of Karlstein are in oil, and are Hi a: uv » *.* — ~ came to tempt him), are pointed out, deeply impressed in the rock. This spot may be visited on the way to or from Karl stein. rXi
-ar the village of Bndnian, 3 m from Beraun, to the E. of our road, in the midst of a solitary valley, seated on the summit of a rock, rises the regal Castle of Karl stein, the most remark able feudal fortress in Bohemia. It was built for the Emp. Charles IV., by the architect Matthew of Arras, in 9 years, commencing with 1348, arid was enriched with treasures in every department of art, of which few now remain some have been transferred to Vienna, and to Laxenhurg, Karl stein was the residence of the