. The Rhine and northern Germany: handbook for travellers. ??£-* \V iliifji-iyhfimTJ/ r / ffln^MJa?-^ < M» I 14. Vosges. MARKIRCH. 35. Route. 195 is the Leberthal; on the opp. slope the Frankenburg; the wideand populous plain of the Rhine is seen stretching E. to theBlack Forest and the Kaiserstuhl, and W. to the Vosges. Thesnow-clad Bernese Alps are sometimes visible; if seen very dis-tinctly, it is a sign of approaching rain. Neither the road from St. Hippolyte to the Hoh-Konigsburg,nor that from the castle to the Leberthal can well be missed;travellers wishing to return by the la
. The Rhine and northern Germany: handbook for travellers. ??£-* \V iliifji-iyhfimTJ/ r / ffln^MJa?-^ < M» I 14. Vosges. MARKIRCH. 35. Route. 195 is the Leberthal; on the opp. slope the Frankenburg; the wideand populous plain of the Rhine is seen stretching E. to theBlack Forest and the Kaiserstuhl, and W. to the Vosges. Thesnow-clad Bernese Alps are sometimes visible; if seen very dis-tinctly, it is a sign of approaching rain. Neither the road from St. Hippolyte to the Hoh-Konigsburg,nor that from the castle to the Leberthal can well be missed;travellers wishing to return by the latter take the path r. aboutl/2 M. beyond the Upper Foresters house, which brings them tothe high road; after 3 M. the Leberthal, an industrial, picturesque,and well-wooded valley, watered by the Liepvre (Leber), is entered,and 3/4 M. farther the rail. stat. Liepvre or Leberau (*Grand Cerf)is reached. Railway hence in l/& hr. by Ste. Croix-aux-Mines,or Heilig-Kreuz, to Ste. Marie-aux-Mines or Markirch (Hotel duCommerce; Orand Cerf), principal town of the valley (pop. 12,000). From Markirch a good road leads across
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