The earth and its inhabitants .. . earthitsinhabita386recl Year: 1883 HESSE AND NASSAU. 203 E,lieingau (in the west) its cellar, the Maingau (in the east) its timber and stone yard, and the Gerau (in the south) its kitchen garden.' Numerous factories have been established in the neighbouring villages, as well as at Offenbach (25,911 inhabitants), a Hessian town a few miles above Frankfort. The fortifications of Frankfort were razed in 1804, and the sites converted into public walks ; new streets facilitating communications have been built ; and the famous old Jews' Street (Judengasse) has nea
The earth and its inhabitants .. . earthitsinhabita386recl Year: 1883 HESSE AND NASSAU. 203 E,lieingau (in the west) its cellar, the Maingau (in the east) its timber and stone yard, and the Gerau (in the south) its kitchen garden.' Numerous factories have been established in the neighbouring villages, as well as at Offenbach (25,911 inhabitants), a Hessian town a few miles above Frankfort. The fortifications of Frankfort were razed in 1804, and the sites converted into public walks ; new streets facilitating communications have been built ; and the famous old Jews' Street (Judengasse) has nearly disappeared. The time when the Jews were locked up in it during the night and on Christian holidays, and when they were subject to other disabilities, now lies far behind us. The old parish church, or Dom, with its fine tower dating back to the thirteenth century, is most cherished by the natives of the town. The town- Fig. 117.—Frankfort-on-Main. Scale 1 : 100,000. 77''. ' '''--^'^^Xù^:---;-/^!^' -^ ''-^^f^> R I 'fO F of Gr 1 Mile. hall, known as the Homer (Roman), contains the hall in which the German emperors were elected, and which is ornamented with their portraits by modern artists. The Sialhof, close by, occupies the site of Charlemagne's palace. The circular church of St. Paul recalls the German Parliament of 1848. There are an Art Institute, with a gallery of paintings, a natural-history museum, a town library, a botanical and a zoological garden, and several scientific societies. Statues of Gutenberg, Schiller, and Goethe (the latter the most illustrious of the town's sons) ornament the public squares. Minor monuments recall Boerne, Feuerbach, and other famous citizens. Hanau (22,409 inhabitants), towards the east, at the fork of the great high-roads leading to Leipzig and Niirnberg, may be looked upon as an outpost of Frankfort. It first rose into importance about the close of the sixteenth century, when Flemish,
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