Reminiscences of Berlin

Taylor, Shephard Thomas

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Title:: Wasmuths Monatshefte für Baukunst und Städtebau

Other titles:: Archiv für Geschichte und Aesthetik der Architektur; Ernst Wasmuths Monatshefte für Baukunst

Publication:: Berlin: [s.n.] 1931

Digitization:: Berlin: Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin, 2006

Dates of Publication:: 1.1914/15 - 15.1931; mehr nicht digital.

Note:: 4.1919/20 - 5.1920/21 mit Anh.: Archiv für Geschichte und Aesthetik der Architektur Beilage: „Städtebau“ Jahrgang 25.1930-26.1931: https://digital.zlb.de/viewer/metadata/16297425/1/
Beilage: „Die Baupolitik“ Jahrgang 3.1929: https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:109-1-14321039
Beilage: „Städtebau, Baupolitik“ Jahrgang 4.1930-5.1931: https://digital.zlb.de/viewer/metadata/16297402/1/LOG_0000/

ZDB-ID:: 2378120-8

Previous Title:: Berliner Architekturwelt

Berlin:: B 350 Bildende Kunst: Zeitschriften. Bibliographien. Nachschlagewerke

DDC Group:: 720 Architektur

Collection:: Theatre,Film,Music,Visual Arts; Berlin Locations,Architecture,Urban Development,Housing

Copyright:: Public Domain

Accessibility:: Free Access

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Publication:: 1915/1916

Language:: German

Digitization:: Berlin: Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin, 2006

Note:: S. 43 und 44 fehlen in der Vorlage.; Wasmuths Monatshefte für Baukunst 1.1914/15

Berlin:: B 350 Bildende Kunst: Zeitschriften. Bibliographien. Nachschlagewerke

DDC Group:: 720 Architektur

URN:: urn:nbn:de:kobv:109-1-15365234

Location:: Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin

Copyright:: Public Domain

Accessibility:: Free Access

Collection:: Theatre,Film,Music,Visual Arts; Berlin Locations,Architecture,Urban Development,Housing

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Title:: H. 11

64 THE SPREEWALD. most of their property, by converting it into useful meadow and glebe. Still it seems a pity that a strip of woodland has not been left here and there along the banks of the principal water-courses, as, in this way, the original character of the scenery might have been in some measure preserved, without interfering too much with the just claims of husbandry. There is, however, another aspect of the Spreewald, scarcely less interesting or remarkable than the peculiar physical conformation of the country just alluded to. Its inhabitants, although situated in the heart of Germany, and surrounded on all sides by Germans, are not Germans themselves. The Wends, as they are called, are a branch of the great Slavonic family, of which the Russians and the Poles are the most con spicuous members. Their language also presents a strong affinity to the Polish tongue, and I remarked that some of their common expressions, such as “Dobra noc" (Good night) and others, were almost identical with the corresponding expressions in Polish. The women wear a very singular costume, not easily described by one unversed in millinery lore, but which is said to bear a general resemblance to the dress worn by the natives of Alsace. Many consider them more comely than their Teutonic rivals; and there can be no doubt a considerable number of visitors wend their way to the Spreewald, whose chief motive for undertaking the journey is to catch a glimpse of the famous Wendish maidens. They are frequently employed as nurse-maids in Berlin, where their quaint costume often attracts the notice of the pedestrian in the spacious Thiergarten Park. These urban representatives of the race, however, are generally

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