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Identifier: 10646504.5288.emory.edu
Title: The Rhine and northern Germany: handbook for travellers
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Coblenz : K. Baedeker
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z (oysters etc.). — Beer:Fausten; Paulussen, etc. Husic. In summer 7 — 8 a. m. in the grounds near the Elisenbrunnen,and 3—4 p. m. in the Curhaus. — Milit. music Sund. 12 ocl. in the Theaterplatz. Theatre (PI. 20). From June 1st to Sept. 1st 4 times weekly; operafrom Oct. 1st to April 15th. Carriage (Vigilante) for 1 pers. 5 Sgr. from the stat. to the town, Telegraph Office (PI. 23) in the Capuzinergraben near the Theatre. English Church in the Anna Strasse. Resident chaplain. Aix-la-Chapelle. or Aachen, contains few reminiscences of itsancient grandeur as an imperial city. Almost the only buildingsof remote date are the cathedral, the corn-exchange, the town-hall, and some of the gates. Its present aspect is that of a pros-perous modern town. Of the Aquisgranum or Civitas Aquensis ofthe Romans, station of the Legio Prima, no trace is visible. Eventhe reminiscences of Charlemagne, the founder of Aix-la-Chapelle.which was his birthplace, favourite residence, and the second citv
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l.»agsi to Cologne. A1X-LA-CHAPELLE. 1. lioute. 5 in his empire, are but scanty. From his death (814) to 1531 Aixwas the scene of the coronation of all the German emperors (37),and called par excellence the free city of the holy Roman empire.The insignia of empire were here preserved till 1793, when theywere taken to Vienna and deposited in the Imperial treasury. Alarge proportion of the population (68,171; 2000 Prot.) are manu-facturers of cloth, needles, machinery, looking-glasses etc. Aix-la-Chapelle has frequently been the scene of Imperial diets,ecclesiastical convocations, and congresses, the last of which wasin 1818, when three monarchs (Prussia, Austria, Russia) werepresent, and determined to recal the German troops still in France.In May, 1668, peace between Louis XIV. and Spain was hereconcluded, and the second peace of Alx-la-Chapelle, of Oct. 1748,terminated the Austrian war of succession. The Bathhaus (PI. 18), erected 1358, contains a hall restoredin the ancient style,

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