. Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy and the Tyrol : handbook for travellers. s appellation is notinappropriate. Gessler s Burg was destroyed in 1308; all thatremains of it is a fragment of wall on a wooded hill in theneighbourhood, 3/^ m. from Kiisnacht. Kiisnacht (1433) C^Seehof, R. IV2, !>• ^, B. 1 fr.; *8chuarzerAdler), situated at the N. extremity of the great arm ofthe lake of Lucerne, is also at the foot of the Rigi (ascent hencein 31/2 lirs-, p. 61). Guides and horses, see p. 57. The Steamboat, on leaving Kiisnacht, skirts the beauti-ful, wooded slopes of the
. Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy and the Tyrol : handbook for travellers. s appellation is notinappropriate. Gessler s Burg was destroyed in 1308; all thatremains of it is a fragment of wall on a wooded hill in theneighbourhood, 3/^ m. from Kiisnacht. Kiisnacht (1433) C^Seehof, R. IV2, !>• ^, B. 1 fr.; *8chuarzerAdler), situated at the N. extremity of the great arm ofthe lake of Lucerne, is also at the foot of the Rigi (ascent hencein 31/2 lirs-, p. 61). Guides and horses, see p. 57. The Steamboat, on leaving Kiisnacht, skirts the beauti-ful, wooded slopes of the Rigi, and passes Greppen (1450, whencea new path ascends the Rigi, see p. 62). It then turns to ther. to the village of Meggen (^Pension Gottlieben, beautifully situated 1/2 ^^- t^omthe lake, suitable for a prolonged stay, pension 5—6 fr., Lucerne 3 fr.). Opposite the traveller rise the frowning peaksof Pilatus. To the 1. the snowy Urner and Engelberger Alps(comp. p. 50) soon appear. Farther on, as the central poiiit ofthe cross formed by the four arms of the lake is approached,. LUCERNE. l>0. Route. 19 the views in every direction become more imposing. To tlie r.,on a gentle elevation, is seen the tower of Neu-Habsburg (thesupposed scene of the event described in Schillers ballad TheCount of Ilapsburg), the ancient castle of the imperial familyof that name, and frequently occupied by Rudolph, who wasafterwards emperor. As soon as the steamboat lias rounded the little (r.) Isle ofAltstad and the promontory of Meggenhorn (p. 69), Lucerne,situated at the extremity of the bay of the lake, suddenlyappears. 20. Lucerne and Pilatus. Coinp. Map p. 66. Hotels. Schweizerhof (PI. a), -Luzerner Hof (PI. b), HotelNational lopened in 1870), all three situated on the quay, R. 2 fr. andupwards, L. 1 fr., B. Ila fr., 1). at Vl^\-z oclock 3 fr., at 4 oclock 4»(? fr.,A. 1 fr. •, Engli&cher Hot(PI. c); Schwan fPl. d), R. 2, L. and fr.; ? Hotel du Rigi (PI. e). on th
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