The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-02
THE THREE BLACK KINGS"
The Famous Tavern at Augsburg to Be
Sold at Auction.

Sold at Auction.
A famous hosiery. the Drei Mohren. in
Augsburg. is about to come under the
hammer Built in the early years OF the
sixteenth century by Hans Herwart. a
wealthy merchant OF Augsburg and
bought from him in 1860 by Jacob Fug-
ger. the RO;hschild Of his time the house
passed through the hands Of various prf-
vate owners, until in I723 it was bought
by one Andreas Wall. and by him con-
verted into hotel. IL Is probable that
the Emperor Charles Y STAYED in the
house IN Herwart's time. and the Emperor
Macmillan II is known &c have been
Jacob FUgger's guest there In 1866 The
list Of illustriOus and famous pers0nages
who visited the house during its palmy
days, as a hosiery, when Augsburg was
a mueh-visited town-apart from its own
attractions. II was a kind OF halfway
house between UIm and Munich, and a
natural halting place on the journey to
and from Switzerland and Italy-seems
and endless one. and the guest books of
the hotel. which have been refully pre-
served, must be very interesting reading
In 1892 Kaiser Francis II stayed there
with his wife, Maria Theresa.
In 1901 Napoleon stopped az Augsburg
and many Of his generals stayed at the
Drei MOhren. Napoleon himself occupying
the episcopal residence The Empress
Josephine was a guest IN 1893 on her way
TO Munich, whittier Napoleon had sum
moned her. Late In December Of the
same year the Bavarian Major Won Haus-
mann signed the guest book and opposite
his name appears the statement that he
came TO occupy our free town in the
name Of the Prince OF Bavaria" On
March 3. 1896, the formal delivery Of
the town TO the Bavarian commissioners
was celebrated by great banquet at the
hotel In 1910 the Archduchess Marie
Louise stopped there with a CREST suite on
her journey 10 Paris TO supDlant the di-
Vorced Josephine During the later NJ
poleonic wars there vas much journey
ing of soldiers and diplomats backward
ana forward through Augsburg. and We
find in the guest book of the Drei Moh-
rem the names OF Metternich. Castle
reagh Canning. Wellington. Taneyrand
and others entered. on their journey to
the congress OF Vienna Soon. however
the stream was turned in the opposite d.
recuon. and there was great tourneying
Of the nOtables o. France, where Ma
poleon had reappesred and was showing
very scant respect for the DEGREES OF
congress.
After Napoleon's final fall the Drei
MChren sheltered Jerome FOuche CwhO
signed himself Duke or Otrsntol. Count
Nalewski. GustGvus Wasa, and others Of
Ihe great tCTSlcdn $ proIegeS who had
shared in his fall In the following de-
cades we find names whose fame Is OF
different End-FaUerbach LamGrtinc.
Walter Scott. Paganini, Spontini. INLAND
In 1866. on August q. the German fed
GRAFTON was dissolved IN Augsburg and
here again the Drei Mohren was the
scene Of the formalities- This was Augs-
burg's last appearance as a "Weltstadt."
and since then though the Drei MOhreu
has extended its hospitality on several &C.
casions both to the old Emperor William
and TO his son. who as Crown Prince was
immensely beloved In Augsburg, as in
deed throughout Bavaria. and whose Wis
its were always made occasions Of great
rejoiCing-bOth Augsburg and its famous
"Gasthof' have suffered eclipse. Augs-
burg is no longer a great place OF call;
the travellers who would once have STAYED
there are now whisked past it IN the
Orient express and the Drei MOhren is
fallen from it's nigh estate Manchester
Guardian.