Identifier: romanticgermany00scha (find matches)
Title: Romantic Germany
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Schauffler, Robert Haven, 1879-1964
Subjects: Cities and towns -- Germany Germany -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York : The Century Co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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r Wagnerian music-drama and its National Museum, the modern Prinz-regenten-Strasse, laid out by some inspiration in agentle, medieval curve, shows that the city is not lag-ging behind her traditions. The best exemplar of this quality of reposefulbreadth, the Church of Our Lady, is exemplar alsoof another leading trait of Munich—her deep relig-ious spirit. In fact, these simple, massive walls,adorned outside and in with quaint and beautifulcarvings and paintings, seem to epitomize the wholeMiinchener. Some of the tombstones, like that of theblind musician, are even suffused with a kindly hu-mor; and around the mausoleum of Emperor Lud-wig the Bavarian, a worthy companion piece toMaximilians tomb at Innsbruck, one may see thelove these warm-hearted people still bear to one whomade Munichs fortunes his own. Among the manylegends that cluster here is one of this emperor, whowas found, centuries after his death, in the crypt un-der the mausoleum, sitting upright on his throne, as n24>
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MUNICH-A CITY OF GOOD NATURE Charlemagne is said to have been found at Aix-la-Chapelle. There is a black foot^Jrint on the pavement underthe organ-loft at a place where a curious architec-tural trick has made all the windows invisible. Thereone is told how the builder of the church made a com-pact with the devil, who agreed to help him on con-dition that Gods sunlight should be kept out of thebuilding. The devil saw the windows growing, andwas glad. Come along with me, said he to thebuilder. Come along yourself, cried the builder,and led him under the choir-loft. The devil lookedin vain for a window, stamped his foot in impotentrage, and vanished. But his footprint has remainedto this day. The builder of St. Michaels was less fortunate,for when he had completed the bold barrel-vaultingthat spans the most noteworthy of German Renais-sance halls, it is said that he cast himself from theroof in despair, fearing that his work would notstand. This majestic church was built by the Jesuitsto

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