. The Rhine and northern Germany: handbook for travellers. rom the gate,is situated the well-kept *Cemetery. (If the principal E. gate beclosed, visitors enter by a small gate to the r.) Tombstones. By the wall on the r. Monument of Niebuhr (d. 1831),erected by Fred. William IV. to his teacher and friend; in front a re-lief in marble by Rauch, representing Niebuhr and his wife, being a copyof an ancient Rom. tomb-relief preserved in the hall of the busts at theVatican; above it a thorn-crowned Head of the Saviour. Farther along thesame walk, on the r., the monuments of Ernst von Schiller, son,
. The Rhine and northern Germany: handbook for travellers. rom the gate,is situated the well-kept *Cemetery. (If the principal E. gate beclosed, visitors enter by a small gate to the r.) Tombstones. By the wall on the r. Monument of Niebuhr (d. 1831),erected by Fred. William IV. to his teacher and friend; in front a re-lief in marble by Rauch, representing Niebuhr and his wife, being a copyof an ancient Rom. tomb-relief preserved in the hall of the busts at theVatican; above it a thorn-crowned Head of the Saviour. Farther along thesame walk, on the r., the monuments of Ernst von Schiller, son, and Char-lotte von Lengefeld, widow of the poet. The Chapel in the middle of thecemetery is a beautiful Romanesque structure, built about 1200, transferredhither in 1847 from Ramersdorf (p. 41). 8. The Seven Mountains (Siebengebirge). One day suffices to explore the most remarkable points in this district,unless the visit be for geological purposes. Konigswinter is the startingpoint; te Heisterbach 1 hr., to the Great Oelberg l|« hr., to th Drachenfels.
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