. A handbook for travellers on the Rhine, from Holland to Switzerland. he Clemenskirche,the origin of which is also unknown. It is indebted for itscomplete restoration to the Princess Frederick of Prussia. Shortly after leaving Assmannshausen the steamboat reachesthe Bingerloch, a rapid caused by the narrowness of therocky channel, the widening of which has been the work ofages, from the Roman period till the years 1830—32, whenthe last blasting operations took place. A monument, erectedin 1832, on the roadside on the 1. bank, records the fact thatthe passage was made ten times wider than befo
. A handbook for travellers on the Rhine, from Holland to Switzerland. he Clemenskirche,the origin of which is also unknown. It is indebted for itscomplete restoration to the Princess Frederick of Prussia. Shortly after leaving Assmannshausen the steamboat reachesthe Bingerloch, a rapid caused by the narrowness of therocky channel, the widening of which has been the work ofages, from the Roman period till the years 1830—32, whenthe last blasting operations took place. A monument, erectedin 1832, on the roadside on the 1. bank, records the fact thatthe passage was made ten times wider than before by thePrussian government in the reign of Fred. William III. Theascent of the rapid is still attended with considerable difficultyin the case of heavily laden vessels, but in the descent theonly craft liable to danger are the large rafts, the navigationof which requires extreme caution. Above the rapids rises the tower of (1.) Ehrenfels, erectedabout the year 1210 by Philipp von Bolanden, a governor of♦he Rheingau, the frequent residence of the archbishops of. lith, A-Tist. v JlcL I KHEINSTEI^ BINGEN. 26. Route. 105 Mayence in the 15th cent., much damaged by the Swedes in 1635,and finally dismantled by the French in 1689. The steep slopesof the Berg yield the well-known wine of thatname, and terrace rises above terrace to secure the soil fromfalling. The entire hill is covered with walls and arches, thecareful preservation of which may serve to give an idea ofthe value of the vines. According to an old tradition Charle-magne is said to have observed from his palace at Ingelheimthat the snow always melted first on the Rudesheimer Berg,and that he therefore- caused vine-plants to be brought fromOrleans and re-planted here. Opposite to the castle, on a quartz-rock in the middle ofthe Rhine, is situated the Mouse-tower, which derives itsname from the well-known legend of the cruel ArchbishopHatto of Mayence; at the expense of the story, however, itmust be conf
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