. The Rhine and northern Germany: handbook for travellers. f pilgrims. Wesserling see p. 197. At Dornach the Thur, boundary between Alsace and the Sund-gau, is crossed, and near Mulhouse the Rhine-Rhone Canal. Mulhouse (Ville de Paris; Lion Rouge; Cigogne; *H6tel deFrance, at the stat.) in the Sundgau, formerly a free town of theGerm. Empire, from 1515 to 1798 in alliance with Switzerland,and since belonging to France, is the most considerable manu-facturing town of the Upper Rhine, very advantageously situatedon the Rhine-Rhone Canal; popul. Its architectural re-mains have given place
. The Rhine and northern Germany: handbook for travellers. f pilgrims. Wesserling see p. 197. At Dornach the Thur, boundary between Alsace and the Sund-gau, is crossed, and near Mulhouse the Rhine-Rhone Canal. Mulhouse (Ville de Paris; Lion Rouge; Cigogne; *H6tel deFrance, at the stat.) in the Sundgau, formerly a free town of theGerm. Empire, from 1515 to 1798 in alliance with Switzerland,and since belonging to France, is the most considerable manu-facturing town of the Upper Rhine, very advantageously situatedon the Rhine-Rhone Canal; popul. Its architectural re-mains have given place to manufactories, and the antiquarianwill find few attractions here, except perhaps the Town-Hall,erected 1551 , restored 1846. Another relic is the picturesquehouse with projecting tower adjoining the town-hall. At theentrance to the town from the stat. are the handsome buildingsof the iSociet£ CommercUUe, containing a museum. At Mulhousea line diverges to the W. to Belfort, whence one branch goesdirect to Paris, another to Besancon, Dijon, and -T> armstadt, EdTWa gnez.
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