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The Wartburg ; a monument of German history and art restored by the grand-duke Charles Alexander of Saxony. Described in monographs by the grand-duke Charles Alexander of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Richard Voss, Karl Wenck [and others] and in 706 original illustrations in the text and in 54 plates, under the direction of the editor, Max Baumgärtel. The English translation by G.A. Greene.

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The Wartburg ; a monument of German history and art restored by the grand-duke Charles Alexander of Saxony. Described in monographs by the grand-duke Charles Alexander of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Richard Voss, Karl Wenck [and others] and in 706 original illustrations in the text and in 54 plates, under the direction of the editor, Max Baumgärtel. The English translation by G.A. Greene.
Publication
Berlin : Historischer Verlag Baumgärtel, 1907.

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  • Carl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 1818-1901.
  • Baumgärtel, Max.
Description
xix, 741 pages : illustrations (some color), plates (some folded), portrait, map, plan, facsimiles; 52 x 40 cm
Alternative Title
Book of the Wartburg.
Subject
  • Wartburg (Eisenach, Germany)
  • Architecture > Germany
Note
  • Half title: The book of the Wartburg.
  • "Of the English edition three hundred and fifty copies have been printed, of which this is no. 15."
Contents
Contents.--1. Reminiscences of the restoration of the Wartburg, by H.R.H. the grand-duke Charles Alexander of Saxony.--2. A walk through the Wartburg of to-day , by Richard Voss.--3. Earliest history of the Wartburg, from the beginnings to the age of Hermann I, by Karl Wenck.--4. Architectural history of the Wartburg, by Paul Weber.--5. The Minnesingers in Thuringia and the contest of the singers in the Wartburg, by Ernst Martin.--6. St. Elizabeth, by Karl Wenck.--7. History of the landgraves and of the Wartburg as a princely seat from the 13th to the 15th century, by Karl Wenck.--8. Martin Luther in the Wartburg, by Wilhelm Oncken.--9. The Burschenschaft and the Wartburg festival of the 18th Oct. 1817, by Wilhelm Oncken.--10. Preliminaries to the restoration of the Wartburg, by Max Baumgärtel.--11. The restoration of the Wartburg, by Max Baumgärtel and Otto von Ritgen.--12. Old and new works of art in the Wartburg, by Paul Weber.--13. The Wartburg in legend and poetry, by August Trinius.--14. Modern life in the Wartburg, by August Trinius.--Appendix: Notes and references, index.
LCCN
a 10000617
OCLC
  • ocm17634352
  • SCSB-4199173
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries