The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita386recl Year: 1883 250 GEEMANY. of which presents no difficulty, and reach Wurzhitrg (44,975 inhabitants), the largest city of Franconia, and one of the oldest. Its appearance is very picturesque, the four towers of the Byzantine cathedral, the Gothic spire of St. Mary, and the grey belfry of St. Burkard rising above the ramparts which surround it. There is a sumptuous episcopal palace surrounded by gardens ; but the building which con- stitutes the real glory of Wiirzburg is its universit}^, founded in 1582, and m
The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita386recl Year: 1883 250 GEEMANY. of which presents no difficulty, and reach Wurzhitrg (44,975 inhabitants), the largest city of Franconia, and one of the oldest. Its appearance is very picturesque, the four towers of the Byzantine cathedral, the Gothic spire of St. Mary, and the grey belfry of St. Burkard rising above the ramparts which surround it. There is a sumptuous episcopal palace surrounded by gardens ; but the building which con- stitutes the real glory of Wiirzburg is its universit}^, founded in 1582, and much frequented by students of medicine, attracted thither by a model hospital, a valuable anatomical museum, and capital laboratories. Wiirzburg has machine shops and various factories. The wine grown in the vicinity, and especially on the hill crowned by the citadel of Marienburg, enjoys a high reputation. It is known as ' Leistenwein ' and ' Steinwein,' and is sold in curiously shaped bottles called boxheiiteh. Walter of the Vogelweide, the most famous of the Minnesingers, died at Wiirzburo'. In accordance with his last will and testament, crumbs of bread are still scattered every morning over his grave for the birds to feed upon. Aschafenhurg (13,479 inhabitants) is the last Bavarian town on the Main. It lies out in the plain, and, like Frankfort, belongs geographically to the region of the Rhine, and for centuries it was a summer residence of the Archbishops of Mayence, whose old castle is the most remarkable building of the town. As to Rothenhurg (5,241 inhabitants), on the Tauber, a southern affluent of the Main, it ought to have been assigned to Wiirttemberg rather than to Bavaria. This town has thoroughly preserved its mediaeval aspect. Quarries of granite, limestone, and sandstone are numerous in its neighbourhood. Hof (18,122 inhabitants), an important manufacturing town, with cotton-mills and other factories, lies in the basin of the Elbe. The manufacturing districts
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