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to Rotterdam. NYMWEGEN. 56. Route. 449
to the left at the Sternbusch, we reach (11/, M.) the Hétel-Pension
Haus Freudenberg and (a little farther on) ‘Berg und Thal (Hotel-
Pension Sonderkamp, with restaurant), another summer-resort.
On the hills to the W. of the town the Tiergarten, laid out as a
park in 1654, extends in the direction of Nymwegen. The tower on
the Clever Berg (350 ft. ; 8/4 hr.) commands one of the most extensive
views on the Lower Rhine.
At Cleve begins the Dutch Railway.— 75 M. Niitterden; 8141/5 M.
Cranenburg, \ast station in Prussia (custom-house) ; 841/, M. Groes-
beek, seat of the Dutch custom-house.
911/) M. Nymwegen.— Hotels. *Onanse Horer, opposite the station,
80 RB. at 43/4-6, B. 3/4, déj. 11/4, D. 21/2, pens. 31/2-6 fl. ; *HOTEL KEIZER KAREL,
x Plein (Pl. 7), 1/4 M. from the station, 62 R. at 13/4-Al/2, B. °/4,
pens. 5-8!/z fl., omn. 30 c., with wine-restaurant ; “GRAND-
OTEL B >z-Bocata, Lange Burchtstraat 87-43, near the Valkhof, 70 R.
at 1!/o-Qt/o, B. 3/4, déj. 1, D. 2, pens. 46f., omn. 80 c.; Horen Carn-
<t MérropoLe, Lange Burchtstraat 22, 35 R. at 2-21/> fl. (incl. B.)5
pant. Korenmarkt 8; HoreL BELLEVUE, Spoorstraat, with ca
Hérer Jacoss, next door; Horet-RzstavRkaNt DE Bonzz Os, Molen-Straat 99,
90 BR. from 48/4, D. 11/2 fl. — The *HéreL Bere en Dat (see p- A51), 53/4 M.
to the E. of Nymy is much frequented in summer: 4115 R. from
21/2 fl. (incl. B.), dé; 4, D. pens. from 41/2 fl. (restaurant recommended
to tourists). The neighbouring Oup Bere EN Dat Horer is a family hotel
in a simp style.
Gafés. At the above-mentioned hotels; also, Café Suisse, Lange Burcht-
straat, with a winter-garden; Arends, in the market-place; Helvetia, Spoor-
straat.
Post & Telegraph Office (Pl. 4), Van Brockhuizen-Straat.
Cab 11/2 fl. per hr., with two horses 3 fl. — Tramway from the Molen-
Straat to St. Anna 5c.— Steam Tramways from the Station to Beek (p. ADL;
1/y hr., 30c.), to Berg en Dal (p. 451; 1/2 hr., 30 c.), to Weerbosch (20 min., 20 c.),
and to Wamel (p. 452).
Steamboats. Netherlands Steamship Co. (‘Nederlandsche Stoomboot Reedery’)
between Rotterdam and Cologne, see p. 443. — Local steamer to Arnhem,
S Hertogenbosch, Rotterdam, etc., comp. Van Santen’s Reisgids, Nos. 332,
833, 448, 445, 489, 491.
Principal Attractions. In the morning: the town. Afternoon: Berg
en Dal (p. 451), with descent (view) to (i/shr.) Beek and return by steam-
tramway.
Nymwegen (30 ft.) or Nimeguen, Dutch Nymegen (pronounced
Nimvegen), with 54,735 inhab. (3/4 Rom. Cath. ), the Noviomagus of
the Romans, occupies a site on an amphitheatre of seven hills,
rising from the left bank of the Waal. In the Carlovingian epoch
it was frequently the residence of the emperors; subsequently it
became a free imperial town and a member of the Hanseatic League,
and in 1579 it joined the Union of Utrecht (p. 438). It was cap-
tured by the Spaniards in 1685, and was retaken by Maurice of
Orange in 1594, The French under Turenne occupied the town in
1672, but evacuated it at the peace of Nymwegen.
From the railway station we follow the Stations-Weg to the E.
to the Keizer-Karels-Plein (Pl. 7), in which stands a bronze statue
of Bishop Hamer. To the N. of this point lies the Kronenburg Park,
with a rockery and waterfall, containing one of the sixteen towers
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