Crockery & glass journal . Mettlach and Its History. By E. R. E. R. THIELER. N one of the most charming valleysof the river Saar, entirely surround-ed by aspiring, thickly wooded heights,not far from the spot where, with alarge turn, the river encircles the nar-row mountain strip on the summit ofwhich the ruins of the once proudmountain fortress Montclair rises above the foliageof oak and beech, lay the mighty buildings of the for-mer Benedictine Abbey Mettlach—to-day the stone-ware and earthenware factory of Villeroy & the stately frontage is parallel to the riverbefore i
Crockery & glass journal . Mettlach and Its History. By E. R. E. R. THIELER. N one of the most charming valleysof the river Saar, entirely surround-ed by aspiring, thickly wooded heights,not far from the spot where, with alarge turn, the river encircles the nar-row mountain strip on the summit ofwhich the ruins of the once proudmountain fortress Montclair rises above the foliageof oak and beech, lay the mighty buildings of the for-mer Benedictine Abbey Mettlach—to-day the stone-ware and earthenware factory of Villeroy & the stately frontage is parallel to the riverbefore it courses its way through the wooded heightsand rocky slopes past Saarburg, continuing on to theriver Moselle, the sides and rear are surrounded by abeautiful park which in its entire length is cutthrough by the railroad stretch a Sarbrucken, Treves,Cologne. On one of the lawns of the park amidst the mostpicturesque surroundings, between beds of bloomingornamental shrubs, the whole being within a frameof beautiful trees, there stands the interesting oldivy-clad
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