Haßmersheim

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Haßmersheim is a town in the district of Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Likely to location refered to in Day By Day as Jagtfeldt. (sic Jagstfeld)

Sam’s notebook:
“Hasshersheim (?) town where we tarried & took beer & H [Twichell] went swimming above where 25 girls were & was warned away. Below this town on right bank, 200 ft up on top of the steep bank, castle of Hornberg, high old vine clad walls enclosing trees, & one peaked tall tower 75 ft high” .

Heidelberg Castle

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Heidelberg Castle must have been very beautiful before the French battered and bruised and scorched it two hundred years ago. The stone is brown, with a pinkish tint, and does not seem to stain easily. The dainty and elaborate ornamentation upon its two chief fronts is as delicately carved as if it had been intended for the interior of a drawing-room rather than for the outside of a house. Many fruit and flower clusters, human heads and grim projecting lions' heads are still as perfect in every detail as if they were new. But the statues which are ranked between the windows have suffered.

Altes Schloss, Baden

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HOHENBADEN OLD CASTLE - Altes Schloss Hohenbaden, is high above Baden-Baden and one of three castles that defended the most prized territory of the Margraves of Baden, from the 11th - 15th century. Built in 1102, today its ruins and those of the newer "extension", Unterburg (lower castle) from the late 14th century, offer spectacular views over Baden-Baden, the Black Forest and the Rhine Valley.