. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 2U GERMANY. the vessels of Ratisbon held the same rank on the Danube as did those of Genoa and Venice on the Mediterranean. Commerce enriched the town, whose merchants frequented every fair of Europe, and established factories in Asia Minor. The prosperity of Ratisbon aroused the jealousy of Vienna, and of other towns below, and when the Turks closed the mouth of the Danube and the Black Sea against commerce it decayed rapidly. Ratisbon had to sufPer, moreover, from military events which took place in its neighbourhood, and more especially during
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 2U GERMANY. the vessels of Ratisbon held the same rank on the Danube as did those of Genoa and Venice on the Mediterranean. Commerce enriched the town, whose merchants frequented every fair of Europe, and established factories in Asia Minor. The prosperity of Ratisbon aroused the jealousy of Vienna, and of other towns below, and when the Turks closed the mouth of the Danube and the Black Sea against commerce it decayed rapidly. Ratisbon had to sufPer, moreover, from military events which took place in its neighbourhood, and more especially during the Austrian retreat after the battle of Eggmiihl, or Eckmiihl, in 1809. But it is surprising, notwithstanding, that a city which for a century and a half was the seat of the Diet of the empire, and which occupies so favourable a Fig. 141.—Pass AU. Scale 1 : 70, 1 Mile. geographical position, should not be more populous. Had Ratisbon been chosen the capital of Bavaria, it would no doubt have grown into a large town. Don Juan of Austria, the hero of Lepanto, was born at Ratisbon, and Kepler died there. Whether seen from one of the islands of the Danube or from the suburb of Sfadtumhof, Ratisbon must be admitted to be one of the most picturesque towns of Europe. Its gable-roofed houses, watch-towers, and Myalls are quite medîœval in their aspect. The Doni, begun in 1275 and completed in 1634, is perhaps the finest edifice of that kind in all Germany. On a hill to the west of the town rises the famous Wallidlla, a sumptuous imitation of the Parthenon, built by King Ludwig of Bavaria as a temple of glory of Germany's great men. Ambcrg (13,380 inhabitants), the old capital of the Upper Palatinate (Obtr-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George
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