. The Rhine; its scenery and historical and legendary associations. ception of Cologne. Thehigh ground above Bacharachis crowned by the ruins ofStahleck, passing which theTraveller is greeted by thetowers of Nollingen and bythe village of Lorchausen,and soon afterwards by theround tower and crumblingwalls of Furstenburg, which rise above Rheindiebach. This stronghold was dis-mantled by the French in 1689. Lorch is an antique and quiet town, comfortably ensconced in the opening of ___ the valley of the Wisperthal. It is near here that the pre-cipitous mountain of Ke-drich raises its head aloft,
. The Rhine; its scenery and historical and legendary associations. ception of Cologne. Thehigh ground above Bacharachis crowned by the ruins ofStahleck, passing which theTraveller is greeted by thetowers of Nollingen and bythe village of Lorchausen,and soon afterwards by theround tower and crumblingwalls of Furstenburg, which rise above Rheindiebach. This stronghold was dis-mantled by the French in 1689. Lorch is an antique and quiet town, comfortably ensconced in the opening of ___ the valley of the Wisperthal. It is near here that the pre-cipitous mountain of Ke-drich raises its head aloft,but whose steepness was noproof against the steps of theEvil One, who rode up itsside on horseback one night,and left behind him somemarks still pointed out asThe Devils Ladder. Thesame feat was afterwardsperformed by a young knight,Sir Hilchen von Lorch, who,with the help of a few kindfairy friends, scaled theheight to rescue his ladye-love, held in duresse uponthe summit by some spitefulgnomes. The Rheingaucommences at Lorch ; and,as we pass it, the castles be-. RBEISDlEBiOE. LEGEND OF BISHOP HATTO. 163 come more and more nume-rous. Fursteneck is rapidlysucceeded by Heimburg, Son-neck, Reichenstein or Fal-kenburg, and Rheinstein. Thelast has been restored, andis filled with antique furni-ture, made after the fashionof the days of chivalry,which the passing Travellermay see by asking admissionat its gates — a favour rea-dily granted by the schloss-voght. The village of Ass-manshausen, which stands onthe left (as the stream isascended), is another birth-place of the Rhine wine; anda little higher up the streamstands Ehrenfels, an old castleof the Archbishops of May-ence; and the Mouse Tower,with its Legend of BishopHatto, versified by Southey : The summer and autumn had been so wet,That in winter the corn was growing yet;Twas a piteous sight to see all around,The grain lie rotting on the ground. Every day the starving poorCrowded around Bishop Hattos door,For he had a plentif
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