In the Kaiser's Capital

Dickie, James Francis

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Author:: Dickie, James Francis

Title:: In the Kaiser's Capital

Publication:: New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1912

Language:: English

Digitization:: Berlin: Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin, 2024

Scope:: 315 Seiten

Note:: "History of the American Church in Berlin" im Anhang

Keywords:: Berlin ; Geschichte 1871-1918 ; Kultur ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung

Berlin:: B 184 Kulturgeschichte: 1800 -1918

DDC Group:: 900 Geschichte

URN:: urn:nbn:de:kobv:109-1-15493784

Collection:: History,Cultural History

Location:: Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin

Shelfmark:: B 184/132

Copyright:: Public Domain

Accessibility:: Free Access

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Title:: Chapter XX. The Salons of Old Berlin

CHAPTER XX THE SALONS OF OLD BERLIN THE city of Berlin, which has now upwards of two million inhabitants, had, at the accession of Frederick the Great, only 90,000. At the close of his reign it had risen to 160,000. It was a walled town with twelve gates. It was then a very comfortable place to live in, and was characterised by great simplicity of manners. The spirit of caste was, however, very strongly marked. The Court circles were as exclusive as if they, like the city itself, were surrounded by strong walls. The official classes formed another circle; the learned, another; yet there was hardly anything that could be called intellectual society, and certainly as yet nothing that could for a moment be named in the same breath with the salons of Paris. Jews were scarcely tolerated. There were only two gates at which they might go out and in. They had as yet no civil rights, and were subjected to many grievous restrictions and financial burdens. It is true that Frederick the Great, whose indifference to all religions rendered him tolerant to all, lightened their burdens, yet even under his régime their condition was far from endurable. They could not dwell in a corner house. They were forced to purchase the wild boars killed at the royal hunt. On their marriage they were com- 204

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