PICTURESQUE GERMANY First Series [Illustration: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe / born at Francfort on the Main, August 28, 1749 / died at Weimar, March 22, 1832 / Painting by Karl Joseph Stieler in the New Pinacothek, Munich / Photograph by Piloty and Löhle, Munich] [Illustration: The Poet's Room in the castle at Weimar / Bust of Frederick von Schiller on the right / Photograph by Louis Held, Weimar] [Illustration: Picturesque spot in Frankfort on the Main / Saalgasse (Saal Street) with the Holy Ghost Fountain. In the background can be seen the tower of the Cathedral, the foundation of which was laid in 874 / Photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: A monument from the time of the Roman Emperors in Germany / The "Porta nigra" at Treves (Trier) on the Moselle, a Roman gateway dating from the 4th century / Photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: The golden portal of the Cathedral at Freiberg in Saxony / Ruins of the former Church of our Lady. About 1230 / The absolute climax in the development of the Romanesque Portal, which produced so much of rare beauty (Dehio) / The style of this creation is of the most perfect delicacy and charm (Lübke) / Partial view from a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: The Pillar of Justice with the Bronze Lion on the Burgplatz in Brunswick (Braunschweig) / Erected by Henry the Lion in 1166 / Photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: A jewel of German Gothic architecture in freestone / The Town-hall at Münster, Westphalia, built about 1350 / Photograph by Dr. Erwin Quedenfeldt, Düsseldorf] [Illustration: The Cathedral at Spires (Speyer) / As the burial place of many monarchs, it represents a monument of German history / View of the magnificent crypt of the Cathedral. The edifice founded in 1030 by Conrad II, was destroyed several times but finally rebuilt by King Maximilian I of Bavaria, consecrated in 1822 and completed in 1858 / From a photograph by Professor Neeb, Mainz] [Illustration: Hall in Benrath Castle near Düsseldorf / Built by Nikolaus de Pigage for Elector Karl Theodor of the Palatinate / The interior represents a graceful link between the Rococo and the Classic / From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, born at Marbach on the Neckar, November 10, 1759, died at Weimar, May 9, 1805 / From the painting by Anton Graff in the Körner Museum, Dresden / Photograph by R. Tamme, Dresden, successor of F. and O. Brockmann] [Illustration: Courtyard of the Old Castle in Stuttgart / The architectural climax of the Residence of the Württemberg Princes, re-constructed since 1553 by Alberlin Tretsch assisted by Blasius and Martin Berwart / Ludwig Hofer's equestrian statue of Count Eberhard, the Bearded, is in the courtyard / From a photograph by the Techno-Photographischen Archivs Hans Herzberg, Berlin] [Illustration: The Cathedral at Worms, founded in 1100, consecrated in 1181 / One of the finest specimens of Romanesque architecture in Germany / From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: The Emperor's Hall in the Residence at Wurzburg, the most beautiful Castle in the Rococo style and one of the finest specimens of 18th century architecture in Germany / The masterpiece of Johann Balthasar Neumann (1687-1753) / The painting in the Hall, "The Marriage of the Emperor Barbarossa" was executed by G. B. Tiepolo / Photograph by K. Gundermann, Wurzburg] [Illustration: Court in the Castle at Heidelberg / View of the portion built by Otto Heinrich, begun in 1556, completed in 1563 / The masterpiece of the German Renaissance / Creation of Hans Engelhardt / With the permission of Edm. von König Co, Inc. Heidelberg] [Illustration: Immanuel Kant, born at Königsberg, East Prussia, April 22, 1724, died at Königsberg, February 12, 1804 / From the painting by Döbler / Reprint from the "Corpus Imaginum" of the Photographischen Gesellschaft, Charlottenburg.] [Illustration: Beautiful embodiment of different styles of period architecture / The Elizabeth Church in Breslau (founded in 1253) and its surroundings / The tower of the Church is 91 meters high / From a photograph by Waldemar Titzenthaler, Berlin] [Illustration: Masterpiece of Gothic architecture in brick in Northern Germany / The Holstentor (Holsten Gate) in Lübeck, built by Hinrich Helmsted, 1470-1477, an imposing monument of the architecture of civic fortifications / From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: Johann Sebastian Bach, born at Eisenach, March 21, 1685, died at Leipzig, July 28, 1750 / From the painting by Johann Jakob Ihle / Reprint from the Corpus Imaginum of the Photographischen Gesellschaft, Charlottenburg] [Illustration: The contest of the Minnesingers at the Wartburg / Part of the fresco in the Castle of the Wartburg in Eisenach, Thuringia, painted in 1855 by Moritz von Schwind / The Landgravine Elizabeth, before whom is kneeling Heinrich von Ofterdingen, is painted in the likeness of the Grand Duchess Amalie of Weimar (1739-1807) the patroness and protector of German poesy in Weimar] [Illustration: Portion of the Choir stalls in the Cathedral Church at Ulm / One of the most perfect and beautiful of the old Gothic Choir stalls in Germany / Carved in oak. Masterpiece of the elder Jörg Syrlin, 1469-1474 / Photograph by the Münsterbauamt in Ulm] [Illustration: Ludwig van Beethoven, born at Bonn on the Rhine, December 16, 1770, died in Vienna, March 26, 1827 / The Beethoven Statue by Max Klinger in the Municipal Museum at Leipzig / With the permission of E. A. Seemann Co, Leipzig] [Illustration: The library in the former residence of the Electors at Mannheim, built in 1720-1759 by Nikolaus de Pigage / Splendid specimen of a masterpiece of the Baroque period / From a photograph by Josef Kuld, Mannheim] [Illustration: Monument of the young Goethe in the Naschmarkt (Nasch Market) in Leipzig, work of Karl Seffner / In commemoration of the poet's student days in Leipzig, 1765-1768 / Behind the monument is the old Exchange, a delightful specimen of the Baroque style dating from 1678] [Illustration: Richard Wagner, born at Leipzig, May 22, 1813, died in Venice, February 13, 1883 / From the painting by Franz von Lenbach / Reprint from the Corpus Imaginum of the Photographischen Gesellschaft, Charlottenburg] [Illustration: Town-hall and Market Church at Hannover / The Church was completed in 1359, the Town-hall for the most part, dates from the year 1453-1455 / Photograph by the Techno-Photographischen Archiv Hans Herzberg, Berlin] [Illustration: From the golden period of the German Renaissance / The winding staircase in the Gulden Chamber of the Town-hall at Bremen / A masterpiece of wood-carving dating from 1616 / From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: View of the Cathedral at Limburg on the Lahn / Beautifully picturesque edifice (1213-1242) / Most brilliant monument of the Rhenisch transition style / From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: Nuremberg, the city of the Minnesingers / The Church of Our Lady (1355-1361) / In front of the Church is the Beautiful Fountain, an exquisite creation of old Nuremberg plastic, erected in 1385-1396 under the direction of Heinrich dem Palier / From a photograph by M. Stich, Nuremberg] [Illustration: Albrecht Dürer, born at Nuremberg, May 21, 1471, died in Nuremberg, April 6, 1528 / Artist's portrait of himself, 1500, now in the Old Pinakothek, Munich] [Illustration: View of the Cathedral Church at Freiburg in Breisgau (Baden) / The nave begun in 1250 / The earliest and most perfect Gothic tower with pyramid of perforated masonery, existing in Germany / From a photograph by G. Röbecke, Freiburg in Breisgau] [Illustration: The Gold Room in the Town-hall at Augsburg / Built by Elias Holl in 1615-1620 / A magnificent and effective masterpiece of the late Renaissance period / From a photograph by Fritz Höfle, Augsburg] [Illustration: The Cathedral at Regensburg, begun in 1275, completed in 1869 / The rich facade with the three cornered vestibule executed by Lybhart the Mynner, 1385-1395 / From a photograph by M. Stich, Nuremberg] [Illustration: Adolf von Menzel, born at Breslau, December 8, 1815, died in Berlin, February 9, 1905 / Mission Service in the Beech Hall near Kösen (1868) / With the permission of F. Bruckmann Co, Munich] [Illustration: A bit of classic Berlin / The Museum Island / View of the National Gallery / Built in 1866-1876 by Joh. Heinrich Strack and Georg Gustav Erbkam from the designs of Stüler / From a photograph by W. Titzenthaler, Berlin] [Illustration: The most beautiful specimen of an early Gothic cloister in Germany / The Cistercian Cloister Maulbronn in Württemberg, reconstructed in 1201 / The so-called "Hell stairway" in the Cloister / From a photograph by August Krüger, Maulbronn] [Illustration: The Zwinger (bastion) at Dresden / Court surrounded by six pavilions joined together by galleries. / A wonder-work of German Baroque, built 1711-1722 by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (born at Dresden in 1662, died in Dresden in 1736) / With the permission of the Neuen Photographischen Gesellschaft, Berlin-Steglitz] [Illustration: From the golden period of commerce in the German Moyenage / The Artus or Junker Court in Dantzig, the festival hall of the Dantzig merchants / Master Heinrich Holzapfel of Cologne finished the magnificent stalls of the Hall in 1531 / From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: The crown of Gothic architecture in Germany / The Cathedral at Cologne on the Rhine / Begun in 1248 under Gerhard von Rile; restoration in 1842 under Zwirner, completed in 1880 by Voigtel / From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: Wilhelm Leibl, born at Cologne on the Rhine, October 23, 1844, died in Würzburg, December 4, 1900 / "Dachauer Peasant Women" (1875), hanging in the National Gallery, Berlin / With the permission of the Photographischen Gesellschaft, Charlottenburg] [Illustration: The Bavaria in front of the Hall of Fame in Munich / Erected by King Ludwig I, 1843-1853 / The Hall of Fame built by Leo von Klenze, the colossal statue of the Bavaria modeled by Schwanthaler, cast by Ferdinand Miller / From a photograph by Jaeger and Görgen, Munich] [Illustration: Late Gothic architecture in Saxony / The Albrecht Castle in Meissen / Built by Master Arnold in 1471 / The Cathedral erected on the summit in 1260-1450 / From a photograph by Waldemar Titzenthaler, Berlin] [Illustration: The celebrated marble-bath pavilion of Pierre Francois Monnot in the Aue (Meadow) at Cassel / The Castle consists of the Orangery, built by the Hugenot, Paul Dury, 1701-1711, the castle built in 1765 and the bath, completed in 1728 / From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin] [Illustration: Lichtenstein Castle near Reutlingen in Württemberg / Built in 1841 by Heideloff on the site of the old citadel, Lichtenstein, made famous by Wilhelm Hauff's romance / From a photograph by Ludwig Schaller, Stuttgart] [Illustration: Karlsruhe in Baden, the birthplace of Viktor von Scheffel / Glimpse of the center of the town-hall on the market-place through the pillars of the Protestant Church / Built by Fr. Weinbrenner in the beginning of the 19th century / From a photograph by the Badischen Denkmäler-Archivs Kratt, Karlsruhe] The Choir in the Cathedral at Magdeburg / The Choir, begun in 1208, is the earliest specimen of Gothic architecture in Germany. Nave consecrated in 1363 / From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin [Illustration: Picturesque view on the German shores of the North Sea / In the harbor at Hamburg / From a photograph by Schaul, Hamburg] [Illustration: The Karl frescoes in the Town-hall at Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) / Painted by Alfred Rethel in 1840-1862 / Head of the dead Emperor from the fresco "Visit of Otto III to the Grave of Karl the Great" / Sketch in the cabinet of Engravings at Dresden] Title and decorations by Julius Nitsche, Munich / Etchings by F. Bruckmann, Graphische Anstalt, Munich / Paper from the Scheufelen Paper Factory, Oberlenningen-Teck, Württemberg / Two-tone prints by E. T. Gleitsmann, Dresden / Printed by Carl Gerber, Munich PICTURESQUE GERMANY First Series The following are in course of preparation: Second Series: German Industries / Third Series: German Landscapes / Fourth Series: German Spas / Fifth Series: German Museums etc. / All these volumes may be obtained at the place as Series 1 --- Provided by LoyalBooks.com ---