Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-22
A VISIT TO HEIDELBERG CASTLE
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The following extracts are from
letter recently received from a Utah
boy giving a description OF his visit
70 the famous Castle OF Heidelberg,
Germany:
The fourteenth day Of July saw me
az Berlin where | stayed over night.
and the next morning at $50 / wended
my way to the Anhaltor Bahnhof or
railway station and boarded the train
for Frankfurt on Main
From Berlin to Frankfurt IS a -
hour ride in German fast train. and
/ believe It would be a difficult mattel
TO find a more dlsagreeable. monotonous
or dustier ride this side the Sahara It
is one continual stretch Of plain for
about the first nine hours. and one is
ready for the mountains lsuch as they
are) when they appear in sight
The mountalns-or hils-appear
little this side Of Wurtemberg (the
birth place OF Luther and continue al.
most 20 Frankfurt These a. a part ~
the Hartz mountains, and although not
so high or rugged where the train
passes through as our own In Utah,
sun they are quite picturesque Many
an old castle can Do seen from the car
window each OF whose history Is that
OF medieval Germany and several DAYS
would De- required TO visit them in
thorough manner Some of these castles
are among the most famous In the
country
AT last, however. the seemingly In
temlnable journey ended. and / found
myself In the city OF Frankfurt. the
ancient home OF the Rothschilds. and
stu the home Of one branch Of the fam.
lily.
Frankfurt ! found TO be very live
ly, busy and yet pretty city with many
good modern buildings as wen as some
very ancient palaces From Frankfurt
] took train for Heidelberg. and arrived
there next morning at 1850 II was
sunday, and everybody was out in their
best. 1t l. difficult for me 20 IMAGINE
a prettier site for q town than Heldel-
berg has. situated as it is on the banks
or the beautiful Necnr river. and 8t
ne foot Of the mountain. which rises
NAAftiNoA bF hNI NINlNF as 20 stone Will az
the edge Of the town. The town is Ob
long In shape and. perhaps. a mile long.
and TWO blocks wide with one fairly
straight street running from end TO end
or In other words from the station 10
the place where YOU ascend 10 the cas-
tie.
OF course my first thought. as ! got
on the train. was OF the castle. and
the quickest way OF reaching IT,
In the excitement ] overlooked two
or three street cars that would have
taken me directly there and began
walking mady up the street for fear
| would lose a minute. As the cars rat
tied past me ! read their signs and dis
covered that / might Just as well have
saved myself the eXertion OF walking
but II was too late TO mend matters so
1 continued on with grim determination
10 walk 20 the castle
THE OLD CASTLE.
When a person has for years wished
10 see a certain something as I have
wished 10 see Heidelberg castle and
that wish has at last been gratlfied. &c
seems as though IL were more like a
dream than a reality and so II was
with me when / got my first view OF the
Old pile which SO majestlCally over
looks the town and the river below.
stood for some minutes gazing up sf
the beautiful view from the middle II
the square which lies directly below n
at the foot OF the mountain. Some little
bare-fOoted urchins were playing Rug
by or something OF the SOFT, for one OF
them ran against me and brought me
back 70 earth b. a rude exclamation
mat | had no business standing there
IN everybody road. and that II want
ed 10 see the castle why there was the
tram station where I could 20 no and
back for nifty ufonniCs Acting on the
suggestion ! soon found myself in one
OF those scary cars which ascend noun
tains In a most perpendicular hair rails
Ing manner. and makes one reflect on
his past life as the cable looks as
though IL were going 20 break anv min
ute.
However. the cable did not break and
! shortly arrived at the castle station
From the place where the cars stop one
can get a beautiful view OF the city. the
river and the hills on the opposite side
OF the gorge
Though the baron Of the castle was
not there 20 meet me felt his presence
there as ! walked 20 the entrance.
which stands as a constant reminder
OF what stronghold IL once must have
been, Rich as England IL In her ancient
ruins ! doubt II she has anything IN
this line that exceeds In beauty and
grandeur of situation the Heldelherg
castle u would be- difficult 10 find O
Uore beautiful ruin
At FIRST I walked past the entrance 20
see II ! c0u'a get n better view from
the other side. but found myself in "a
beer garden II was filled with people.
tourists and Germans. some OF whom
had come 90 see the castle and others
on whom were there 90 enjoy
their beer IN the mountain air There
were many students there which OF
course was necessary a. II would not