The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-02-16

facius first preached the Gospel, is a
monument erected, consisting Of a
column resembling a church candle
stick, resting on 8 large balls. The
top supports a fame Of fire in a YES
'sel, which rests on 3 angel heads.
Representing or symbolizing the 3
Christian churches of the west. It
is called the Candelaber. A circum-
scribed but pleasant view is also af-
forded from this mountain, of village
and valley below.
One mile further brought me to
the little village Engelsbach. On
the old wall of its quaint, old grave
yard is an old stone-carving attract
ing the attention of the wanderer.
1t represents Adam and Eve in odd
but interesting style, much marred
by ruthless curiosity seekers.
Three miles further and Fred
erichsroda is reached. A little city
Of 2500 inhabitants, belonging to
Gotha Situated on pleasant brooks
and surrounded by green meadows
covered with fine cattle. The city
was nearly entirely destroyed by fire
during the thirty-years-war. The
town and country with its fine roads
its romantic scenery of mountain,
woodland and valley, its healthy air
and health giving bath, is much
sought after by health and pleasure
seeking tourists, who during the
summer months fill its hotels to over
flowing, The town itself, with its
narrow, dirty streets,and its unattrac-
tive houses and people, offers but
little to attract, Some time can be
laboriously but pleasantly spent in :
climbing the Altsberg 2I65 #. high.
The Burgberg, 1889 #. high, with its
interesting but barely visible relic of
Ruin Shanonburg, which was built
in 1O40 by Ludwig the Bearded,
father Of Ludwig the Springer. La
ter the castle was again improved and
strengthened, but was soon after
during the 9 years war in 1864 by
Henry the Illustrious, ofMeisen, en-
tirely destroyed. 1 also assembled
the steep Gottlob mountain of vol
canic origin and the beautiful Re-
gensberg, 1856 feet high. 1 passed
from here through beautiful little
valley, the "Cool Valley" full of
pleasant walks, brooks, springs and
cascades, with comfortable seats in
the most attractive spots, inviting
the traveller to rest and admire, and
from here at a gradual ascent over
the Spiesberg and Hayberg, an in a
few hours 1 reached the glorious
NsELsBERG, 1856 Fl. HIGH.
Although rating only as 7th in
highth, with the mountains of the
Thuringen Forest, he stands never
theless among the first for beauty Of
form, and for the extensive prospect
he affords to the lover of nature,
from his tower in clear weather.
He is properly called the King
of the Thuringen Mountains s,
and receives his name from
the fact that ike an Island,
Tor Insel in German) he pro-
jeots far over the sea of Aper noun
tains, cities and rivers, lakes and
forests, rocks and ravines, meadows
and fields, are spread out like beau
tiful landscape painting before the
eye. Still more enchanting is every
thing when one can witness an un-
elouded sunset. When one can
watch the gradually fading away of
a village, to hear the distant chime
of the evening bell, or watch that
drove Of spectre-like cattle, moving
slowly homeward; or a group OF
mountains gradually and sullenly
exchanging their reality for empty
space, while still farther away you
can watch the rays of the setting sun,
slowly and sadly creeping up the
rugged mountain sides, to light and
flicker little while around the grim
mountain tops, and then-sink away
into the night beyond. - This
mountain is provided with decent
hotel, but which has, like other
mountain hotels, indecent prices
and one comes to a telling conclu-
sion, that the enjoyment Of natures
beauties is, here at least, an expen-
sive luxury. But when this land
lord also with a bland "danka
shoen' (thank you) swept nolens
volens my surplus change into his
eapacious (or rapaciOus) pocket, I
made up my mind that all landlords
belonged to a secret lodge, which
had for its object the robbing of all
strangers.
A fine tower stands upon the place
of an old one, erected in 1649, by
Duke Ernest, the Pious, but which
tumbled down in 1886. A chart and
telescope can be had from the land
lord, and aided with these essentials
one can look for many miles in every
direction, over nncomatable noun
tain peaks. 1 recognized many old
friends among them, which 1 had
assembled, and many more to which
I yearningly looked, lay piled up be-
fore me. Among them the eYart-
berg with its ever glorious castle,
still farther barely discernable from