The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-15
AN IMPERIAL CASTLE.
kniser's summer Residence Will
helmshoehe HesSe-CnsseI
From the Ballimore snn.

From the Baltimore Sun.
The announcement that the German EN-
press will again occupy The regular sum
mer residence of the imperial family at
Cassel, in Kurhessen. with her children.
afterward TO be Joined by the Kaiser. lends
due interest to a letter from the former
capital Of the electorate sent to the sun
by an American lady who for many years
has been a resident Of the place
The EmperOrs selecting Wilhelmshoehe
CWilliams Ilights) for his annual re reat
from among the 50 castles at his disposal
is In itself sufficient guarantee for the
peculiar attraction of this royal abode. AL
though he has dozen of "schloesser" ia
OF near Berlin and others in KoenlSsberS,
Breslau, Strassburg. Hanover, Wlesbad-
en-, on the Rhine, and in various parts of
Germany both north and south. Casser
| has ever been the Emperors favorite re-
sort since his academic studies there at
the city's college, where, like any other
bursher boy he frequented the classes OF
the gymnasium" until his graduation for
the University of Bonn.
History of WiIheImshocbe.
The castle Of Wilhemshoehe near Cas-
sci, - situated Oh the slope of a wooded
mountain, writes Miss Lewis. and consists
of an extensive main building and two
circular wings. 1t Is an imposing edihce.
especially when viewed from the alley of
linden and chestnut trees, a straight dou-
bic row Of fine trees three miles long,
which leads to it from the city. The in
terror is handsome, the rooms being Of
splendid proportions and admirably decor
ated. On an esplanade north of the castle
is the ballroom. and just beyond the PAIN
house aud conservatores.
The surrounding park has few peers on
the continent. As early as the eleventh
century when monks, enticed by the rare
beauty and fertility of the location estab-
lished monastery on the same spot
where the castle now stands, the settle
ment was noted for It's forest and horti-
cultural growth. Nor was It's reputato
lessened when in the succeeding century a
convent of Beuedcrine nuns supplanted /
the brotherhood and converted it into a
school for the daughters Of noblemen; or
even after lis secularzatlon in 1911, whed
the cloister became a hunting lodge until
Moritz the Learned, Landgraf Of Hes=e-
Casscl from 1882 to l7N, caused the Old
building to be demolished and a massive
castle TO be erected In It's place. with all
the accessories Of pleasure grounds, fish
ponds, grottos. fountains and springs.
The park and garden were devastated
during the Thirty years war, but restored
40 more than their their original beauty by
Landgraf Friedrich II Q76O-l7S5). who made
large importations of foreign shrubs aud
trees especially from North America. (He
could well afford It, since he filled his purse
with p 10000 thalers by selling 1900 He's
SLAMS to the British as mercenaries in their
colonial warsD
The LOewenburg.
The Loewenburg Qions CASTLE bull.
by Landgraf william TX G78J-lS03), VINO
from 1903 TO 1871 reigned as Elector VIII
lam l. is only a short distance above VIII
hoimshoehe In the style Of the medieval
fortress, it is far more picturesque than the
latter and more interesting because Of the
many odds and ends gathered together for
its construction from ancient ediiices, the
stained glass in the chapel being almost
entirely veritab.c antiques. The apartments
Of the LOcWenburg are quaint and charm
ing and the outlook from he odd, null
toned windows is delightful in the extreme
The rooms are filed with old portraits, Old
furniture wonderful embroidery Of Hes
sian Processes. who stare with solemn
eyes from the canvas upon the walls at the
visitors; inlaid cabinets, marvellous tapes
tries and Venetian glass. The armory con-
tains q collection quite equal in antiquity
and interest 10 that in the Tower Of Lon
don. though, Of course. small In compar-
ison.
statue Of Hercules.
From the Loewenburg footpath leads
through woods to the Octogon, which
stands at the summit of the mountains,
and is surmounted by a colossal statute OF
Hercules. From the plateau before the
Octogon one has a wide-reaching view not
only over the park and castle of Wllhelms-
hoehe, the city OF Cassel and the Fulda
valley. but over the near and distant noun
tains, as far as the Thuringian mountains,
in favorable weather.
Another half hour walk through shady,
fragrant forests brings US 70 perhaps the
loveuest spot in the Hablchtswald-thc
Eleven Beeches From here our eyes can
auvaar ovar the forest in the foreground.
the green meadows and smiling, red-roof-
ed villages farther distant, until they take
in the extreme northern part OF Nieder-
Hessen, the Harz mountains, the forests
OF Thuringia and che mountains Of Wa
deck. But the glory and GROWING point
OF Wilhelmshoehe 10 many are its water
works, the cascades. Nepiune'a groito aud
the aqucduct.
Cascades and Neptune's Motto.
The great cascade Hes below The Octo- |
gon and b formed by a broad, gigantic |
stairway about go feet Ia length ana II |