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hohe and the Rnin.enberg command beautiful views. A weak chaly¬
beate spring, rising in the Brunneutal (Brunnen-Hotel, Hotel Belle¬
vue), 3/4 31. to the S. of the town, was used by the Great Elector.
The Restaurant zur Griinen Tanne, a little farther to the S., is
the starting-point for pretty walks through the woods: to the Baa-
See, 1 hr.; to the Bismarck-Turm (Schweizerhaus Restaurant) and
Falkenberg (p. 204), P/4 or 2 hrs.
Cycling Route. From Bernau to Freienwalde (via, Liepnitz- See,
Biesenthal, Eberswalde), 36 M., a pleasant excursion through wood. Start
from Bernau Station. — 3/4 M. from the Muhlentor (N.), straight on. —
2i/2 M. Waldkater (restaurant). — 6>/4 M., at kilometre-stone 32.4, digress¬
ion to the right to Rest. Liepnitz. — 7^2 M., near Wandlitz Station, to
the right, and at kilometre-stone 30.7 again to the right. — 83/4 M.
Arendsee. — ll»/4 M. Utzdorf. — 13 M. Lanke. — 15i/2 M. Biesenthal. --
(17'/4 M. Biesenthal Station). To the left at kilometre-stone 2.4. — 183/4 M.
Melchow. — 22'/a M. Spechthausen. — 24V4 Jl- Gesundbrunnen. — 25'/2 M.
Eberswalde (market-place); here to the right (Breite-Str.). — 26 M., at
the crossing turn to the left. — 27>/a M. Sommerfeld. — 283/, M. Tornow. —
30l/a M. Hohen-Finow. — 32 M. Falkenberg. — 34 M. Schweizerhaus
(Bismarck-Turm). — 36 M. Freienwalde.
b. Brandenburg. Travellers who are interested in the mediaeval
art of the Mark (of which there are comparatively few examples in
Berlin itself; comp. p. 52) should not fail to devote a day to Branden¬
burg. Railway in 1-172 hr. (fares 5 Jl 30, 3 Jl 50, 2 Jl 20 pf., or
\Jl- so pf., 3 Jl, 1J195 pf.) via Potsdam, (p. 188), Werder (p. 199),
and Grosskreutz. From the last a branch-line runs to (7 31.) Lehnin,
which has a monastic church of the 12-13th centuries (restored).
38 M. Brandenburg (Schwarzer Bar, Stein-Str., Schwarzer
Adler, St. Aimen-Str., both very fair; Railway Restaurant), a
town with 51,900 inhab., is divided by the Havel into an Old Town,
a New Town, and the Cathedral Island. Under the name of Brenna-
bnr it was the chief town of the Slavonic Hevelli. It was captured
in 927 by King Henry I., and in 1150 by Albert the Bear, who
thenceforward styled himself Margrave of Brandenburg. From 949
to 1544 the town was the seat of a bishop.
From the railway-station (tramway) we proceed via the Schiitzen-
Str., the Annentor Bridge, and the St. Annen-Str. to the (8/4 31.)
Rathaus, which dates from the 15th century. In front of the Rat¬
haus stands a Roland Column, lGifi it. in height, the ancient
emblem among the Lower Saxons of free market rights. — A little
to the W. is *St. Catherine's Church, a handsome Gothic brick
edifice without transepts, of which the nave was built in 1381-1401,
the choir about 1410, and the W. tower in 1583-85. The carved
wooden altar (restored) dates from 1474; one of the N. chapels con¬
tains a brazen font of 1440 (sacristan, Katharinen-Kirch-Platz 4).
— From the Rathaus we proceed via the market-place and the
Muhlendamm to-the —
*Cathedral (sacristan, Zielgasse 52, to the S.), a Romanesque
columnar basilica of about 1200, converted in the 15th cent, into a