Eleven Weeks in Europe; And What May Be Seen in That Time
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The chapel contains an altar-piece given it by the poet Goethe. The famous Chateau of Johannisberg, belonging to Prince Metternich, is in view from this place. The vineyards of this estate produce the most costly of the Rhenish wines ; and the annual produce of fifty-five acres has been valued at thirty thousand dollars. Looking up the stream from this point, we see the Rhine at its greatest breadth, and its channel contains many islands. We returned to Bingen by a path which led us around the ...back of the hill, where we had a fine view of the Valley of the Nahe, which is also filled with vineyards. We were now in the region of the finest Rhenish wines. Being no con- ELEVEN WEEKS IN EUROPE. 235 noisseurs, we satisfied ourselves with the sight of the vineyards ; but the value ascribed to these wines may- be judged from the fact, that a single cask of the Steinberg vineyard brought at auction about two thousand dollars, at a sale of the Duke of Nassau's wines in 1836.
An expedition which we had intended to the Nieder- wald was prevented by the coming on of rain ; so we took a boat, and were rowed down the river three or four miles, past the famous Mouse Tower of Bishop Hatto, to a castle which has been restored and made habitable by the Prince of Prussia, and which is used by him for a summer residence.
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The chapel contains an altar-piece given it by the poet Goethe. The famous Chateau of Johannisberg, belonging to Prince Metternich, is in view from this place. The vineyards of this estate produce the most costly of the Rhenish wines ; and the annual produce of fifty-five acres has been valued at thirty thousand dollars. Looking up the stream from this point, we see the Rhine at its greatest breadth, and its channel contains many islands. We returned to Bingen by a path which led us around the ...back of the hill, where we had a fine view of the Valley of the Nahe, which is also filled with vineyards. We were now in the region of the finest Rhenish wines. Being no con- ELEVEN WEEKS IN EUROPE. 235 noisseurs, we satisfied ourselves with the sight of the vineyards ; but the value ascribed to these wines may- be judged from the fact, that a single cask of the Steinberg vineyard brought at auction about two thousand dollars, at a sale of the Duke of Nassau's wines in 1836.
An expedition which we had intended to the Nieder- wald was prevented by the coming on of rain ; so we took a boat, and were rowed down the river three or four miles, past the famous Mouse Tower of Bishop Hatto, to a castle which has been restored and made habitable by the Prince of Prussia, and which is used by him for a summer residence.
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