Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-09-25
Letter From Bavaria,


We are permitted to make the following
extracts from private letter written by a
young gentleman of Knoxville, now in
Europe:
MUNICH, BAVARIA,
August %, 1872.
Since l wrote my last letter 1 have seen
more of Munich, though not all by any
means in fact l have left out the lions of
the city, the old and new Pinakothek, the
Royal Library, the Kings Palace, the
Glyptothek and the Basilica or Bonita
cious Church-objects which people gen.
orally see and which are Of most interest.
But the churches have seen one of the
oldest and largest in the city, is the church
of One Lady (Frauenkirche,) 1t is the
metropolitan church and was commenced
in l46S, twenty years being occupied in
building it. The interior is very handsome,
having been restored only few years ago.
According to the Guide Book it is 336 feet
long, 12S feet wide, and lis feet high. 1t
is a queer building, in the old German
style of red brick. From the dome 1886
feet high a splendid view of much of the
surrounding country is obtained, while
il is made romantic by the fact that
beautiful young lady of noble lineage
threw herself from one of the windows on
account of some unhappy love affair. Silly
girl or as Mark Twain would say, Poor
thing! she Is dead now.
ST. Nichael's is the garrison Church.
To-day is the birth day of the King of
Bavaria. At 10 o'clock the Great High
Mass was celebrated in this Church. The
place was crowded to sufiocation. A great
many officers Of the army and govern
ment were there, as were also two thou
sand soldiers heavily armed. The service
was certainly brilliant. To the large
choir of the church was added one militia
,,-l; Ing in
Of the alter. The music was excellent,
and seemed to impress the people
duly; and well it might, since no nation
has as good music as Germany, and their
military bands are among the best. The
monument of Eugene Beauharnis, Vice
roy of Italy, and step-son of Napoleon l.,
was made from Canarian marble, by
Toswaldsen, great German sculptU. II
represents him as Grecian hero, highly
dressed, standing before the closed door of
the tomb; at his side are the muse of hi
tory and the Genii of death and imortali-
ty; above is the inscription in French,
Honesty and Fidelity" 1t was erected
by his widow, a Bayarian Princess who
now rests with him. Both the above
churches have vaults in which are the
bones of many Of the Kings and nobility
of Bavaria. They are richly ornamented
with statuary and oil paintings, statues of
the saints cut in wood, &C., &C., and to
crown all, have those magnificent stained
glass windows for which Bavaria is so re-
nowned. forgot to mention the tomb of the
Emperor Louis of Bavaria. 1t is a catafalco
Of dark red marble with figures and orna-
ments in bronze, among the stone which
originally covered the tomb of the princes.
On the side are two colossal statues one
of Albrecht V, the other of William V.
At the four corners, rs sentinels Of the
tomb, are four men in armor, kneeling
with standards. 1t is certainly an inn
pressive idea, hand somely executed.
The Oldest church in Munich is st.
Peters, dating from the 18th century. II
contains little of interest besides It's pic
lures, which are very old F; e. e., six paint
ings by Werth, altar paintings by Ulrich
Scott and Others, all dating from the l4th
century. The church of St. Cajetan was
built in consequence of VOW of the Elec.
tress Adelheid, who after childless wed
lock of six years, bore an heir to the throne.
II is immensely rich in stuccaturCs. The
paintings are from the hands of the best
masters, such as Zanchi, Cignani, DC
Here l saw the body Of st. -. or rather
the bones of the man. They are highly
Ornamented with all kinds of precious
stones. His skeleton can hardly be seen
for the gold and Jewels which adorn II,
This church also contains the tombs Of
Charles VII, Of King Max Joseph, OF
Maximillian III, of Otto, King Of Greece
and Of several princes and princesses who
died while young.
The new Court Chapel is the handsomest
church ia Germany, and if larger, would
say in all Europe, since nothing can ex.
coed il. II is built in the romantic style
of the XIth century; the.portal being or.
namented with reliefs of Christ, Mary, St
John, St. Peter, and st. Paul. The interi.
or is richly and most splendidly arranged
eight marble columns and four large pill.
lars dividing the church into three naves
The lower walls are covered with
marble the upper ones and cupolas
have frescoes on gold background, repre-
senting scenes from the Bible. The FLU.
mination is of a very peculiar style, and
is, without doubt, one Of the most celebra.
ted creations of art i'm modern times
There are many other handsome Churches
but the above are the most interesting. on
account Of their antiquity. The sud-.