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Title: The eastern Alps : including the Bavarian highlands, Tyrol, Salzkammergut, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, and Istria. Handbook for travellers
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Leipsic : Karl Baedeker
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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he N.side of the Inn valley (p. 162). 1021/2 M. Hall (1835; *Bdr; *Post; Stem; Rossle, moderate:Hirsch; Kaiser Brewery)., a quaint old town of 5000 inhab., withsalt-works, to which the brine is conveyed from a distance of 6 M.(see p. 161). The evaporating houses near the station contain acabinet of models. On the S.W. side of the town, near the Residenz(palace) built by Archduke Sigismund in 1480, is a curious oldtower called the Miinze, a relic of the ancient mint once situatedhere. The Casino (formerly Trinkstube) dates from the beginningof the 16th century. The Parish Church contains valuable oldchurch utensils. On the outer wall is a small monument to Speck-hacher (d. 1820; the companion-in-arms of the patriotic AndrewHofer), who in 1809 succeeded three times in storming the bridgeover the Inn, the key to the position of the French and Bavarians. Excursions (guide, Rathgeher at Absam). The village of Absam (Bog-ner^ with garden and view, Ebner)^ situated on a height, V2 hr. to the
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