SCHLOSS ZU GMUNDEN 



The castle is surrounded by gardens, brilliant 

 with flowers, and grounds which melt gradually 

 into a beautiful shady park. 



The south side of the castle has a varied 

 and picturesque fa9ade. The Royal Standard 

 of Hanover waves proudly from the tower. 

 In the escutcheon are the Arms of England, 

 above which is the shield with the Bruns- 

 wick Leopards, the Luneburg Lion and the 

 Saxon White Horse, surmounted by the Royal 

 Crown of Hanover, and in the centre shield 

 above it, the old German Kaiser-Krone, the 

 symbol of the dignity of the " Reichs 

 Erbschatzmeister " of the old Electors of 

 Brunswick-Liineburg. The Leopards from 

 the English and the Lion from the Danish 

 coat-of-arms came by marriage in the twelfth 

 and thirteenth centuries into the shield of the 

 Guelphs. 



The latest-born heir to all these historic 

 honours the heir-apparent to the Duchy of 

 Brunswick and the headship of the House of 

 Guelph is a grandson of the German Emperor ; 

 he may be seen carried about in the sunshine 

 on this beautiful terrace, carefully and tenderly 

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