The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-07

OF the printing press l495. More than
1000 coins and medals dating back 1000
years; among them the medal struck by
Louis XIV in the event OF the destruc-
ton Of Heidelberg. Weapons, utensils,
collections OF porcelain, and stone relics
OF the Roman period. The wedding
ring Of Luther, wedding presents Of the
Princesses. Cabinets, chairs, and stat.
uary once in use in the Castle. A very
perfect cast OF Kotzebuc, who was killed
by a student, shows with unpleasant
clearness the stab.wound. Relics of the
student, notebook, lock of hair, etc.,
who was behcaded at Mannheim, are to
be seen. Last but not least is counter
part in miniature OF the Castle and
grounds cut in cork. 1t was executed
by cook at one of the hotels during
odd hours in six years, and was worthy
Of exhibition in London. It gives a
better idea OF the location and relative
position Of the many parts of the Castle
than can be obtained in several RAM
bles, because so little can be seen at one
time. In the statues of the Friedrichs.
bau, with their garments and armor
still showing traces of gliding, we may
read the entire history of the castle.
Only the statue Of Frederick V is want.
ing. Just as his spirit in political
affairs overleaped all barriers and
sought to add to the arms of the Pala.
tinate the royal crown of Bohemia, SO it
would seem that the castle of his ances.
tors was too narrow for him, for in every
direction he endeavored to extend its
boundaries. He reared the hugh bas.
ton on which the Stuckgarten with it's
trees, shrubs, flowers, and walks rests /;
constructed spacious banqueting hall
in the interior OF the round tower.
erected on the adjoining north wall of
the castle the "Englische Bau" or Eng.
lish Building, and the gate called Elisa
bethen Pforte. Only the latter remains
"a monument of Frederick's enduring
affection for his consort, Elizabeth Staurt.
Both sides Of this gate are formed of
four trunks OF trees entwined with ivy.
On the first trunk to the right among
the foliage are squirrel, lizard, and a
frog. Above the archway, two female
figures, the genii of fortune, hold cornu.
copias; and the frieze of the arch is
decorated with the lions of England and
of the Palatinate, and the inscription
"Fredricus Y Eisabeths Conjugi Carissi-
mae A. C. MDCXH" At the same time
he surrounded the castle on the south
and east with magnificent park and
gardens; hills were levelled, rocks re.
moved, valleys filed up, grand terraces
built up out of the depths, extensive
buildings constructed on the hillside.
All these beautiful grounds, the flower.
gardens, the avenues, the fountains, the
ponds, the cascades, the grottoes, the
baths, with the statues which adorned
them, were destroyed even before their
completion.
The present garden was laid out in
the year 1904, and is celebrated for it's
exotic trees, especially a unique collect
ion OF conifere, for its beautiful walks
and splendid views from its terraces
"Next to the Alhambra OF Granada the
Castle of Heidelberg is the most mag
nificent ruin OF the Middle Ages
Longfellow).
The government is assisted in its en-.
deavors for the preservation of the finest
ruins in Germany, by an association
composed OF natives of every province
in the empire, under the patronage of
his royal highness, the Grand Duke
Frederick.
No description of the castle would be
complete without allusion to the Held
elberg Tun, and the illumination of the
castle. The cellars of the castle are very
extensive, and in one of them is the
celebrated Tun, which was built in
l75l, the third of its kind, the others
being destroyed by wars and neglect.
1t is palmer but larger than its prede.
cessors, being 80 feet long, 20 feet high,
and is said to hold 2S3, 900 bottles or 800
hogsheads. In the first fourteen years
after it was constructed it was filled with
wine three times, in the last l22 years
it has been receiving the names, and
dates of their visits, OF travellers from
every part of the world who desired to
to leave such important information be-
hind them. 1t does not now possess
even the attribute OF being the largest
cask, brewer near Berlin having sur
passed ancient royalty. Three rulers
INDUCED in the intoxicating levity and
satisfying delight of building one each
of these gigantic barrels, and it might
not have been altogether unwise, for it
has done more to spread the fame of
Heidelberg among the peasantry than
Castle or University. The height and
length, the number and width of hoops,
ETC., etc., are quite as familiar to them
as their catechism. The only excuse
for their construction was to symbolic
the plontiful vintaooa 0f the palatinato