Cathedrals and churches of the Rhine . heProtestants; St. Gervais, which has a tombto Bishop Hontheim, a most learned man anda great benefactor of Treves in days gone by;St. Antoine; and St. Paul. The country around Treves, on the Moselle,— the famous Treves Circle, — ranks high asa wine-growing region, though your true Ger- 218 Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine man wine-drinker calls all Moselle wine Unnosel Wein! These wines of the Moselle are, to be sure,secondary to those of the vineyards of theRhine and the Main, but the varieties are verynumerous. A Dutch burgomaster once bought of th
Cathedrals and churches of the Rhine . heProtestants; St. Gervais, which has a tombto Bishop Hontheim, a most learned man anda great benefactor of Treves in days gone by;St. Antoine; and St. Paul. The country around Treves, on the Moselle,— the famous Treves Circle, — ranks high asa wine-growing region, though your true Ger- 218 Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine man wine-drinker calls all Moselle wine Unnosel Wein! These wines of the Moselle are, to be sure,secondary to those of the vineyards of theRhine and the Main, but the varieties are verynumerous. A Dutch burgomaster once bought of theAbbey of Maximinus — a famous wine-grow-ing establishment as well as a religious com-munity — a variety known as Gruenhaiiser,in 1793, for eleven hundred and forty-fourflorins a vat of something less than three hun-dred gallons. It was known as the nectar ofMoselle, and made men cheerful, and didgood the next day, leaving the bosom andhead without disorder. Such was the old-time monkish estimate and endorsement ofits 219 XXIII BONN Bonn in the popular mind is noteworthychiefly for its famous university, and for beingthe birthplace of Beethoven. The city was one of the fifty fortresses builtby Drusus on the Rhine, and the only Rhenishcity, with the exception of Cologne, which haskept its Roman appellation. It is mentionedby Tacitus both as Bonna and Bonensia castra. The cathedral is as famous as the univer-sity. It was founded by the mother of Con-stantine the Great, who, according to tradi-tion, consecrated the primitive church herein 319. Really, it is not a very stupendous pile, thepresent cathedral, but it looks far more impos-ing than it really is by reason of its massivecentral tower and steeple. It is one of the most ancient and most re-markable of the cathedrals on the banks ofthe Rhine. 220 I^H ^^I^M^^^Kni^^^K ^^^^^E^^^I^^^^^^^B^^^^^^B^^^^^B S^^^^^H^^^^H^^^^^^^^^^^^^^HF^^ TvTi ?|l!l^^^^BS|-aB| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^- ^^Mj^H GENERALVIEWof BONN Cathedrals a
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