444 Route 55. EDE, From Utrecht

Moravian settlement, established here in 1746, with which a good
school is connected. The community resides in a pile of contiguous
buildings, possessing many of their goods in common, and strictly
observing the precepts of their sect. They somewhat resemble the
Quakers of England, and are remarkable for the purity and simpli-
city of their lives. Married women, widows, and young girls are
distinguished by a difference of costume. The environs are carefully
cultivated. Gardens, orchards, plantations, corn-fields, pastures,
and villas are passed in rapid succession.

131/o M. Maarsbergen; 21 M. Veenendaal de Klomp (to Nym-
wegen and to Amersfoort, see p. 452).—To the left, at the edge of
the wood on the heights, is seen the ‘Pyramid of Austerlitz’, a
mound raised by Marmont’s troops in 1805 in honour of the coro-
nation of Napoleon I. — 25!/g M. Ede, the junction of a branch-
railway to Bameveld (p. 427) on the N.

From Ede a steam-tramway runs to the S. to Wageningen (Hot. de
Wageningsche Berg, pens. 4-A!/2 fl.; Hof van Gelderland; Hot. De Wereld),
a small town with 9900 inhab. and an agricultural institution (Ryks Land-
bouwschool), situated on the Wageningsche Berg, which extends to the
Rhine on the E. and aflords many fine walks (good views). On the high-
road to Rhenen lies the Hotel de Grebbe (24 R. at 32/4-5!/2, B. 1, D. 21/4 f1.,
good).

On the river-bank, about halfway between the two places, rises the
Heimenbderg, an eminence commanding an extensive view over the Betuwe
A bench at the summit, called the Koningstafel, derives its name from
Elector Palatine Frederick, King of Bohemia, who, having been banished
from his dominions after the Battle of the White Hill, near Prague, in
1620, sought an asylum and lived in retirement at Rhenen. Some of the
events in his romantic career are well described by G. P. R. James in
his ‘Heidelberg’.

Near (3801/5 M.) Wolfhezen (H6t.-Restaurant Wolfhezen, new,
20 R., pens. 31/5-5 fl.) begins an extensive heath stretching to the
Zuiderzee. — 33 M. Oosterbeek (Hot. de Tafelberg, 40 R. at 2-24/o fl.
incl. B., déj. 41/4, D. 2, pens. 41/4-6 fl., closed in winter), with
numerous villas, is alsoa station on the steam-tramway to Driebergen
and Zeist mentioned at p. 445. Near it are the hill of De Duno, a
good point of view, and the old ruined castle of Doorwerth, as
also the next station on the steam-tramway, Heelsum (Hot.-Pens.
t Huis Heelsum, 20 R., pens. 31/9-5 f.).

As Arnhem is approached the train commands several pictur-
esque glimpses of the Rhine on the right, and of Sonsbeek (p. 446)
on the left. The fertile district to the right, enclosed by several
branches of the Rhine, is the Betwwe or ‘good island’, the medieval
island-district of Batua, reclaimed for culture by draining at an
early period. The sandy tract to the N., between Arnhem and the
Zuiderzee, is called the Velwwe, or ‘barren island’.

3514/5 M. Arnhem. — Hotels. *Granp-Hérex pu Soxxi (Pl. a),
opposite the harbour and near the station, with lift, electric light, and
central heating, 100 R. from 21/2, B. 3/4, déj. 41/2, D. 21/2, omn. 1/2 fl. ; *HOTEL
pes Pays-Bas (Pl. b), Groote Markt 9, with electric light and central
heating, 70 R. from 2, B. 3/4, déj. 41/2, D. 2/2 fl, omn. 40 c.; *HOTEL

 

 

 

  

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