Nuremberg and its art to the end of the 18th century. . he apse has lasted on from the Romanesque period,while the chapel, which fell to the ground at the destruction of the Burggravesstronghold in 1420, was re-built shortly after that time. As the Castle of theBurggraves was not re-built, there came into existence, between the pentagonaltower and the Amtmannswohnung, the open place, divided by a sunken way,and separated only by a low wall from the wide ditch, which is very deepat this point. Here are shown the hoof-marks left by that hero of song, therobber knight Eppelein, or more correctly
Nuremberg and its art to the end of the 18th century. . he apse has lasted on from the Romanesque period,while the chapel, which fell to the ground at the destruction of the Burggravesstronghold in 1420, was re-built shortly after that time. As the Castle of theBurggraves was not re-built, there came into existence, between the pentagonaltower and the Amtmannswohnung, the open place, divided by a sunken way,and separated only by a low wall from the wide ditch, which is very deepat this point. Here are shown the hoof-marks left by that hero of song, therobber knight Eppelein, or more correctly Eckelein of Gailingen, when he took THE castll:. ^ his bold leap and snapped his fingers at the Nurembergers, who hang no man,unless they have him. The Amtmannswohnung (Stewards House, fig. 6), which is to all appearancea work of the 13^ century, has quite the look of a defensible irregular masonry, its graceful roof, with projections in half timber work,timber galleries, and wooden wainscoting, and the round-arched door, that forms. Fig. 6. View of the Imperial Castle from the Pentagonal Tower, with the Amtmannswohnung (Stewards House) in the foreground. Photograph by F. Schmidt. the approach to the passage mounting to the great Freiung, make thisbuilding an especially attractive part of Nuremberg Castle. Very picturesque toois its back, in the so-called Schwedenhof (Court of the Swedes), with its roundporch dating from the 16* century. This building guarded the approach to theImperial Castle proper, which was entirely separated from its advanced-post thecastle of the Burggraves. It is agreed that at first no more than the fortress ofthe Burggraves stood here, in which only the Burggrave lived, and not theEmperor; but the more frequently the Emperors chose to come to Nuremberg tohold their court and gather their princes round them in the Diet, the more imperative lO THE CASTLE. became the need for a special habitation for them, which should display theImperi
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