The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-03-22

well to to the Queen. Third, Wa
llenstein separates Max from Thekla
Besides these there are many fin
extracts, painted from various play
of the poet as Maria Stuart, tn
Maiden Of Orleans, VIM. Tel, Brid
of Messina, &c, g.; while finely ex
ecuted in frieze above the doors, ar
The Lost Glove, The Fight with tn
Dragon, Knight Toggenburg, Th
Way to the Iron Hammer. A fin,
marble bust of Schiller by Wagner
encircled with a laurul wreath add
much to tile elegance of this cham
Der.
4th. The Wieland Chamber con
tains also the bust of the illustriou
dead, by Wagner, and excellent wall
paintings in Tempora, by Preller ant
on red ground are five representa-
tions from Oberon.
The next noteworthy thing is tn,
French Castle which contains tn,
Dukes library of 10000 volumes
800 charts, and 500 old books O
Geology. The bust of Musaeur, Les
sing, Rabner, Goethe, Shiller, Har
der and Wieland. There is also 8
valuable painting of the Reformation
by Lucas Kranach, a portrait Of
Charles August, coin presented tc
General Licthen, by Frederick The
Great, the sword of Bernard Of Wei
mer, the model of ship carved by
Peter The Great, the Monks cowl ot
Martin Luther; the collar of Gustave
Adolph penetcated by a bullet
Goethe's dressing gown, DC. On
the Goethe place, by the Frauenthor
stands Goethe's dwelling house rent
ed by the heirs. 1t has the word
"Salve" written over the door. In.
side are shown old works of art
drawings by Goethe, his library and
a collection of natural curiosities
Opposite the Court House is the
house in which Lucas Krauach sen.
ior and junior lived and died, 155S
and 1886.
In the Schiller street stands the
Schiller House which contains his
unchanged studio room, with table
piano, letters, death-bed, portrait and
an interesting album. The house is
city property and is shown to the
stranger, any time when requested.
Near by is the Wieland House in
habited by his nephew.
On the Theater place STANDS the
Schiller and Goethe monument by
Rictshel. The Wicland place has
a fine statue of Wie.and, by Hans
Gasser of Vienna (head rather too
large which was unveiled in 1857,
Herders House stands near the
City Chuch and has a fine statue of
Herder, 10 feet high, by Ludwig
Shaller, on which are the woods
Light, Love, Life"
The City Church contains won
derful painting by Lucas Kranach
Sen, painted in 1858 and completed
by his son in 1905. 1t represents
Christ on the cross, at the left his
resurrection, to the right John the
Baptist, Luther, Melancthon and the
S0-year old artist himself. In the
back ground are Adam, Moses, and
the prophets, the brazan Serpent and
the Prophecy. Upon the inner side
is the Kurfurst, John Frederick, the
Magnanimous, kneeling with his
family; the Baptism and Ascension.
In this church lie entOmbed the
bodies of the Dutches Anna Amalia
and hero of the thirty-year-war Ber-
nard of Weimar, poisoned at Breis
ach, in 1889; also Herder, died 1913,
and Lucas Krauach, sen. In the
grave yard Of the Jacobschurch are
the resting places of Museaus the
great fable poet who died in 1885.
Herder's wife (1SO9) and Bode, the
Translator, 1913.
In the Princes Vault of the new
grave yard, are the Oaken Sarcopha-
gi of Goethe, 1882, and Schiller 1905.
Behind are the burial casques of
their patron and protector Charles
1928, and of various other
noble persons Of the house of Wei
mar. Behind is the magnificent
Greek chapel built in 1862, by Ste
phens, the resting place ofthe Grand
Dutchess Maria Paulowna.
Not less worthy the attention of
the traveller is the fine park along
the pretty, swan dotted lin River,
with its majestic groves of trees, its
closely shaven lawns, rotundas villas,
lower beds, fountains, &c. The
Herrenhouse with its fine
and impressive statuary-"Psyche
with Lyra, approaching Goethe, "
and the Roman House, engraved at
5he foot of the marble stairway, is
5he following from Goeth;
'Ye, who live in rocks and trees, Oh-healing
Nymphs,
5ive to every one willingly, what he in quiet
desires"
Here are also the monuments OF
5he Prince Frauy, of Dessau, the
5he Schiller Seat, the Bridge of Ma
,ure, and Goethe's garden-house. A
beautiful promenade between five
,ows of shade trees leads to the two
nile distant Chateau Belvidere, a
beautiful building surrounded by a
inc park, which affords a fine view
,f the snrrnnndinp country. Two