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The Palace^ Schonbrunn 



TV If ORE than three hundred years ago (1570), 

 *-V ** there stood by the side of the river Wien, 

 about two miles to the south of the city of 

 Vienna, a hunting-lodge of the Emperor Maxi- 

 milian. All around was forest. 



On the site of this hunting-lodge Gatterburg 

 stands, the present Schonbrunn Palace. Under 

 the Empress Maria Theresa great alterations 

 were made and the grounds were laid out in 

 the eighteenth-century French style. 



This is the story as to the origin of the 

 name Schonbrunn : Kaiser Matthias, a grand- 

 son of Ferdinand II, was hunting in the 

 neighbourhood of the present castle ; tired and 

 thirsty he suddenly heard the splashing of water. 

 Tasting the clear cool water, he called out " Ei ! 

 das ist ein schoner Brunnen " (" Hi ! this is a 

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