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to Cologne. EMMERICH. 55. Route. 447
Raapopsche-Weg div nee on the left for Klarenbeek. To the N.,
{ M. from the Velp road, is the ‘Steenen Tafel’ (stone table), whence
a fine view of the Rhine Valley is obtained. — At Bronbeek, to the
left of the Velp road, about 1 M. farther on, is a hospital for the
soldiers of the colonial army, which contains a number of old can-
non and other weapons captured in colonial wars (admission 50 c.).
few minutes farther on begins the village of Velp (Hot.
ment), © g almost entirely of country -residences
and interse by tl 3 from Bronbeek to Velp
station on foot, 4/o hr. ; steam- tramway to Dieren, see p.429; tram-
way to Beekhuizen-Logement). About { M. to the N. is the chateau
ae iedaan belonging to Baron van Pallandt, with a massive
tower of the 13th ce is of the 18th century.
The park, which contains fine trees, and fountains, is open
i Tues., Wed., & Thurs. under the guidance of
the entrance (fee 1/y fl., a party 1 fl.). The
per, Ww
golf-course (9 hol of the Arnhem Golf Club is situated here
also. Adjacent a he Hotel op den Berg and the Hétel-Pension
Krayestein (pens. from 4/5 fl.). To the E. of Velp is the chateau
of Biljoen (no adm. ).
From Zutphen (Sal
below;
bergen), see R. 50; to Nymwegen, seo
e@ below.
The n ations are WwW sates’ and Duiven. — 44M. Zeven-
aar, the frontier-station of Holland and junc tion of lines via Doet-
inchem (p. 429) to Ruurlo (p. 430) and Winterswyk (p. 430). —
49 M. Elten, the frontier-station of Prussia, has an abbey-church
of the 13th century.
5A1/o M. eanaierle Rheinischer Hof; Hotel Royal, at the station),
on the Rhine, is a clean, Dutch-looking town with 42, 600 in-
habitants. At the ae end rises the Gothic tower of the church
of St. Aldegonde; at the lower end is the Miinster, a church of the
11-15th century. Bees ferry to the left bank, whence a motor-
omnibus plies to C (p. 448).
The next stations are Empel and Wesel. At the latter, a town
with 22,5090 inhab., situated atthe influx of the Tages into the Rt ae
a branch-line diverges for Bocholt and (24 M.) Winterswyk (p.& AX 30).
921/, M. Oberhausen (Hof von Holland; Rail. Restaurant) is
the junction for Ruhrort and for the Cologne- Minden railway. —
Hence to —
{36 M. Cologne (1 hr. by express-train), via Disseldorf, see
Baedeker’s Rhine. i EE pe
From Annuem (p. 444) to Trupure vik NyMWEGEN AND’S Her-
rocENBoscH, D41/g M., railway in 2-23/4 hrs. The railway crosses
the Rhine and traverses the fertile Betuwe (p. 444), vii Elst, Vork,
Ressen-Bemmel (p. 464), and Lent (p. 451). The Waal is nex t cross
ed (view of Nymwegen to the left).
10!/) M. Nymwegen, see p. 449.
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