Cathedrals and churches of the Rhine . 5TOLZ£NF£L5 There was also a cabinet containing the sabreof Murat, taken at Waterloo; the sabres ofBlucher, of Poniatowski, and Sobieski; and• 197 Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhme the swords of the Due dAlbe and De Tilly;and, incongruously enough, a knife and forksaid to have belonged to Andreas Hofer, thehero of the Tyrol. In the chamber of the king is a magnificentpiece of ecclesiastical furniture in the formof a processional cross said to date from theeighth century. The fine Gothic chapel is decidedly thegem of the whole fabric and its accessories,
Cathedrals and churches of the Rhine . 5TOLZ£NF£L5 There was also a cabinet containing the sabreof Murat, taken at Waterloo; the sabres ofBlucher, of Poniatowski, and Sobieski; and• 197 Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhme the swords of the Due dAlbe and De Tilly;and, incongruously enough, a knife and forksaid to have belonged to Andreas Hofer, thehero of the Tyrol. In the chamber of the king is a magnificentpiece of ecclesiastical furniture in the formof a processional cross said to date from theeighth century. The fine Gothic chapel is decidedly thegem of the whole fabric and its accessories,and, though only finished in its completeness,during the present day, it is a master copy ofthe best style of the Gothic 198 XXI ANDERNACH AND SINZIGAndernach Andernach is one of the oldest cities inthe Rhine valley, and grew up out of one ofDrususs camps, which was built here whenthe town was known as Antonacum. This was its early history, as given by Am-mien Marcellin; and a later authority men-tions it as the second city of the electorateof Treves {Die Andre Darnach), In the records of Drususs time, there isa reference to a chateau here, which was thefiftieth he had built upon the banks of theRhine. The kings of Austrasia had their palacehere as well, so the place became a politicaland strategic city of very nearly the first rank. In the middle ages Andernach shone bril-liantly among the centres of commerce in theRhine valley. Charles V. was responsible for a battle be-199 Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine tween the inhabitants of Linz and those ofRhieneck and Andernach, in which nearlyall the latter were massacred. To soften any hard feeling that might stillexist, a sermon was always preached, up
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