. A handbook for travellers on the Rhine, from Holland to Switzerland. STOLZENFELS. 24. Route. 91 in 1250, and was in the middle ages frequently a residenceof the archbishops. Till 1688 it was garrisoned by the Electorsof Treves, when it met the usual fate at the hands of theFrench, whose visit to this fair land is recorded, not by themonuments they have left, but by the number of monumentsthey have destroyed. In 1802 the ruin was purchased bythe town of Coblenz, and (1823) presented to the late kingFred. William IV., at that time crown-prince. Since then ithas been completely restored at an e
. A handbook for travellers on the Rhine, from Holland to Switzerland. STOLZENFELS. 24. Route. 91 in 1250, and was in the middle ages frequently a residenceof the archbishops. Till 1688 it was garrisoned by the Electorsof Treves, when it met the usual fate at the hands of theFrench, whose visit to this fair land is recorded, not by themonuments they have left, but by the number of monumentsthey have destroyed. In 1802 the ruin was purchased bythe town of Coblenz, and (1823) presented to the late kingFred. William IV., at that time crown-prince. Since then ithas been completely restored at an expense of upwards of53,000/. The Chapel, a small but elegant building, is decorated with * frescoeson a gold ground by E. Beyer, representing the Creation, Fall, FirstSacrifices, &c. — On the outer wall, above the garden-hall, is a fresco byLctxiMky: the emperor Rupert and his nephew the Count of Hohenzollernvisiting the Archbishop of Treves at Stolzenfels, Aug. 20th, 1400. — At theside of the entrance flight of steps, stands an ancient sculptured chimney-pi
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