to Wasserbillig. VIANDEN. 34. Route. 289

Settel is the station for Roth (Biesdorf's Inn), on the Our, which forms

n Luxembourg and Prussia and between the Ardennes

: g from the Our are situated the well-pre-
sastle and chapel described below.

M. Vianden. — Hoven Enscu, in an open situation, 26 R. at

-6 fr., HOTEL DES ETRANGERS, OT Picar, 12 R.

6 fr., both good; Hérex Ferper, R. & B. 21/2,

both in the town, unpretending. —

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e station.
town with 1500 inhab., on the Our, is highly
be recommended for a stay of some days. The
eresting tombs. In the market-place
8 ored in 1801. The *Castle (keeper at the
with its num vers, dates from the 13-47th
vation. 2 most interesting pOints
are the decagonal do the beginning of the 13th cent.; the
main built with gant, richly-carved windows and doors; the
rly Gothic with a fine chimney-pi several late-Gothic halls;
walting of whi s partly hewn in the rock and
. A fine view of the castle may be obtained
ituated higher up, or from the oppvsite bank of the
mewhat below the picturesque old bridge. From the
nd still bizher to the Pavilion (935 {t.).
or THE Our is reached by a road leading past the foot
e and along right bank, vid the church of St. Rochus. To
we see the pilgrimage-chapel of Bildchen, the
way to which div ir the entrance to the castle of Vianden. We
reach th Jiewels, charmingly situated within a wide bend
> Our; on a steep slope at the entrance of a valley on the left bank
are the ruins of Fa ein, and farther up the valley (1'/2 hr.), at the
sipice of rock, the ruins of the Stolzenburg — The road
past Gemind, on the left bank, 5!/, M. from Vianden,”, below
ice of the /rsen with the Our, to Hisenbach (Weyland’s Inn),
i d and rugged valley, and Rodershausen, 0!/2 M. from
ioin the bighroad from Hosingen (left). Followir
str we finally cross a bridge (view) and enter the Prussian
ot of Dasburg (accommodation at Binsfeld’s, the brewer, and at the
: omnibus to Clervaux and to Dranffelt, see p. 282). with a ruined
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farther on is diffic It is therefore preferable to follow the
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Inn). ‘The village-church contains a
Child Jes id to have been painted by Rubens for
n. The imposing rocky heights of the Rittersprung
re separated by the Schiebach. About 21/2 M. lower
the Kénigslei. From Ouren the road ascends, passing
the I xemmbourg villages of Weiswampach. Holler, and Binsfeld, with an
interesting chapel, to Trois-Vierges (p. 263). The nearest railway-station
is Burgreuland (p. 263).

Beyond Diekirch the Wasserbillig line passes numerous sandstone-
quarries. — 51/y M. Bettendorf, with a chateau; the old church-
tower rests on a Roman substructure. Old bridge over the Sure, In
the vicinity, to the left, is Méstorf, with a castle. — 81/9 M. Reis-
dorf (Reckinger’s Inn, plain), at the confluence of the Weisse Hrenz
(p. 2&4) and the Sure, the station for (33/4 M.) Befort (p. 290).

: 101/> M. Wallendorf (Hot. Nilles; Hot. Dimmer), beautifully
situated near the mouth of the Our (see above), on the left (Prussian)
bank of the Sure, which is crossed at this point by an old bridge. In
the neighbourhood is the Kastellberg, a Roman camp with ditches.

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