Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-06
GREEK TROOPS lNTERNED
IN NOTED SlLESIAN CITY
Gsrilt.'s liIst0ry Dates nack 10 the
1~sifth Observation-Disclosures
Architecture Quaint.


WARRINGTON. October 6.--"rhe
creek troops which fell into the hands
or the German army when tho Teu-
'ohlc Rines occupied the Aegean sea
port or Navala would. under happier
auspices than military internment. nnd
inc Siiesian city Of Gorlitz. where they
are now hold. one Of tho most interest
ing IN tho German empire" says O war
GEOGRAPHY bulletin Issued to-day By
the National Geographic Society on the
CITY selected as a prison camp for the
Aoo ontcers and 5000 men Of King Con-
stantine'B army.
situated on the left bank Of the
Nelsse River. which flows northwarsl
INTO the Oder. Gorlitz IL. next to I3res-
lau. the largest and most fiourishing
city OF Silesia. 1t ie 129 miles south
eaet OF Berlin. sixty miles east OF Ores
zen ana fifty miles west OF LieEnitZ
It's early prosperity. dating back five
or SIX Centuries, was due to its location
on one Of the important commercial
| routes to Poland.
me town received It's civic rights
| as early as the twelfth century. 1t is
famous to-day for edifces of the re-
nuisance period. Perhaps the finest
specimen Of late Gothic ecclosiast ical
architecture In this section of Germany
Is It's Church Of st. Peter and ST. Paul
buut In the fifteenth century. An.
other religious building of great inter
est Is the Chapel Of the Holy Cross
which contains IL fifteenth century
model OF the Holy Sepulcher in Jeru-
salem.
In proportion to it's population of
$4,000. Gorlitz enjoys the reputation of
being one of the wealthicst municipnli-
ties OF Central Europe, due largely to
the fact that 1t owns magnificent for
est OF 10000 acres. The older portions
OF the town are quaint and picturesque,
while the Industrial section is thor
ou:cilE modern and progressive. The
Chief products OF its numerous fac
tories are cloth, linens, toys. gold and
siiverware. leather goods, chemica Is,
| machinery and glass.
On the southwest outskirts of the
city rises the ba s,ltlc hill called Land
askrone. which commands magnifi-
cent view OF tho entire region. IT was
OF this hill that peasant boy of the
sixteenth century used TO tend his
fathers sheep and dream OF pals Of
gold and OF visits OF mysterious strang-
crs.
This boy WAS Jakoh Boehme (also
called BEEN, fchmen and Behmont).
who was pursuing his trade OF master
shoemaker in CiorlitZ when he received
his FIRST inspiration to write. This
famous mystic, who was persistently
assaile9 by Pastor Richter. OF Gorlitz,
cemetery OF the Chapel OF the Holy
Cross.
I'm the sap;e Gods acre is the grave
of Minna Herzlicb, the original of OF
tile in Goethe's Elective Aninities.'
and woman who left the imprint Of
her personality on some OF the finest
sonnets OF Germany's greatest man OF
letters.
an the suburbs Of Gorlitz is the bat
tie field of Moys 1I57), where ehe "a :
nous Prussian general. Hans Karl Won
Wlnterfedt for twenty years Fred
erick the Greats most trusted friend
and aid, received his first wound in a
LONG career as "a soldier, Il wound which
proved fatal Winterfedt owed his
first important advance in military
service to his extraordinary height: he
attracted the eye OF that eccentric mon
arch, Frederick William L.. and wac
made a lieutenant in the giants regi-
incnt.
HE was the uNailins friend OF the
crown prince (aftcr Frederick the
GreaD during the troubious times when
the old monarch had his son court
martialed on q charge OF dcEertion, and
short OF ordering the infliction of the
death penalty only.at the solicita ton
Of the ambassadors of foreign powers.
one Of the most highly priced OF
t"rlitzs possessions is Il war monu-
ment. tho base of which contains the
first cannon captured during tho
Franco-Prussian war Of 1870. 1t was
taken BY company OF Gorli,z sol
dicrs Mt Weissenhurs. an Alsatian
town. where the initial major engage
m.at Of that struggle was fought"