The Brünig Pass, at an altitude of 1,008 m (3,307 ft), connects the Bernese Oberland and central Switzerland, linking Meiringen in the canton of Bern and Lungern in the canton of Obwalden. It is on the watershed between the upper reaches of the Aare, which flows through Lake Brienz and Lake Thun, and the Sarner Aa, which flows into Lake Lucerne.
Hornberg Castle (German: Burg Hornberg) is a partially ruined castle located on a steep outcrop above the Neckar valley above the village Neckarzimmern, between Bad Wimpfen and Mosbach. It is the largest and oldest of the castles in the valley.
Dilsberg Castle (German: Bergfeste Dilsberg) is a castle on a hill above the River Neckar in Neckargemünd, Germany. The castle was built by the counts of Lauffen in the 12th century. In the 13th century it became the main castle for the counts. In the 14th century it became part of the Electorate of the Palatinate and received town rights in 1347. During the Thirty Years' War, the castle was considered impregnable until Imperial forces under Tilly took the castle in 1622 after a long siege. In 1799, French forces tried and failed to storm the castle.
On a rocky eminence 2 M. to the N.E. of the Alte Schloss, and above the village of Ebersteinburg, are the ruins of *Alt-Eberstein {Ebersteinburg 1601 ft.), which, like the Yburg (p. 197), was once a Roman watch-tower.
The Teufelskanzel is a legendary rock south of Ebersteinburg . According to legend, the devil is said to have preached here. On the opposite angels pulpit then an angel appeared and also delivered a sermon. The legend is recorded on a mural of the Trinkhalle .
Topping a mountain long associated with demonic deals and witchy gatherings are two distinctive rock formations, known respectively as Teufelskanzel and Hexenaltar, or "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar".
From Bædeker's Rhine - 1873: Route 45 page 238
The line runs parallel with the mountains of the Black Forest. In the distance to the 1. rises the grand-ducal castle of Staufenberg, founded in the 11th cent. by Otho of Hohenstaufen, Bishop of Strassburg, and still in good preservation.
From Bædeker's Rhine - 1873 Route 45 page 238
Appenweier consists of the main municipal Appenweier (4,075 inhabitants), Urloffen (4,301 inhabitants), known for horseradish-growing, and Nesselried (1,383 inhabitants). The Nesselried district runs through the Wannenbach valley, while Urloffen lies north of Appenweier.
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Bædeker The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance (1878) Route 46 page 285, describes Appenweier as a village with 1400 inhabitants.
The All Saints Waterfalls (German: Allerheiligen-Wasserfälle) are located in the Black Forest on the territory of the town of Oppenau in the German state of Baden-Württemberg at an elevation of about 500 m above NN. The Lierbach stream, also called the Grindenbach, cascades, as a natural waterfall, down seven steps, a total drop of 83 metres. Due to the scouring of the rocks under the cataract which have formed basin-like holes known as Gumpen or kolks), the falls are also called the Büttensteiner Waterfalls ("Tub Stone" waterfalls) or Sieben Bütten ("Seven Tubs").
Hotel with nobody visible -- one (very nice) room-girl for 3 floors -- & an awful bell to call folks to supper.
Sam was here July 25 with Livy and Clara and again August 5, 1878 with Joe Twichell.