15. From Hanover to Hamburg.
Railway in 4 1/2—5 hrs.; fares 4 Thir. Tz, 3 Thlr. 6, 2 Thlr. 4 1/2 Sgr. Passengers from Hamburg are lable to custom-house examination.
Hanover, see p. 72. Stat. Misburg; then Lehrte, the junction of the Berlin-Hanover-Cologne (p. 56), the Magdeburg-Brunswick- Hanover (p. 58), and the Hildesheim (p. 56) lines. Stations Burg- dorf, Ehtershausen.
Stat. Celle (Hannov. Hof; Sundkrug, Adler; Bockstöver’s Hotel), on the Aller, with 16,300 inhab., possesses an old Schloss now restored, with an interesting chapel of 1485 The ‘French Garden’ contains a monument to Queen Caroline of Denmark (d. 1775), sister of George III. of England, There is an extensive horse- rearing establishment here.
Stations Eschede, Unterliiss, Suderburg, Uelzen (where there are several large blocks of stone covered with a kind of roof, pro- bably of Druidical or early Saxon origin), Bevensen, Bienenbiittel, beyond which the dreary Lüneburger Heide is traversed.
Stat. Lüneburg (* Wellenkamp’s Hétel; Deutsches Huus; Hoff- nung), an old town of some importance, with 14,500 inhab., on the navigable Ilmenau,- possesses many picturesque buildings of the 15th and 16th cent., among which the Fürstenhaus and the *Rathhaus in the market-place deserve notice. The latter contains some good wood-carving of the 16th cent., old silver plate, and stained glass. The churches are also worthy of inspection. *St. John’s, with its double aisles, St. Michuel’s, and St. Lambert's date from the 14th cent., St. Nicholas from the 15th. The Russians and Prussians gained a victory over the French near Lüneburg in 1813. Ex- tensive salt-works. Fine view from the Kalkberg.
Branch Line to Lauenburg, Büchen, aud Lübeck in 3 1/2 hrs. (Hanover to Lübeck 6 3/4 hrs.). Beyond Lüneburg the train passes Bardewieck , once the chief commercial town of N. Germany. It was destroyed by Henry the Lion in 1189, and fragments of the vast cathedral now alone remain.
Harburg (* König von Schweden, R. 20, L.4, A. 5 Sgr.; * Weisser Schwan; *Rail. Restaurant), an increasing town with 16,506 inhab. Beyond Harburg the line crosses the Elbe by the new railway-bridge (p. 103) to
Hamburg (see below).