Franconian Switzerland - Little Switzerland, Bayreuth-Hollfeld Railway, G Weinstein, Pottenstein, Bavaria, Dampfbahn Fr Nkische Schweiz (Paperback)

Chapters: Little Switzerland, Bayreuth-hollfeld Railway, G weinstein, Pottenstein, Bavaria, Dampfbahn Fr nkische Schweiz. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Little Switzerland (German: ) is an upland in Upper Franconia, northern Bavaria and a popular tourist retreat. Located between the Pegnitz River in the east and the south, the Regnitz River in the west and the Main River in the north, its relief reaches 600 meters in height. The Franconian Switzerland is one of the oldest and most popular holiday areas in Germany. It was given its name by Romantic artists and poets in the 19th century who compared its landscape to Switzerland. The Franconian Switzerland is the region with the highest density of private breweries in the world. The region was once called Muggendorfer Geb rg, which translates into English as Muggendorf mountains. The first tourists arrived during the age of Romanticism. Two law students from Erlangen University, Ludwig Tieck and Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder have been credited as "discoverers" of the region. Their travel report from 1793 enthralled many contemporaries. The 1820 book Die kleine Schweiz (Little Switzerland) written by Jakob Reiselsberger from Waischenfeld gave the region its name. Picture of Ludwig TieckThe description Switzerland was common during the 19th century for landscapes with mountains, valleys and most significantly rocks (i.e. Saxon Switzerland, M rkisch Switzerland, Mecklenburg Switzerland or Holstein Switzerland). In 1829, a book by German salesman and local historian Joseph Heller, Muggendorf und seine Umgebung oder die Fr nkische Schweiz, Muggendorf and its surrounding or the Franconian Switzerland was published. Among climbers all over the world the region is also known as Frankenjura. Travel m...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2285611