LAKE CONSTANCE 



the castle ; before it is a broad terrace adorned 

 with busts of the Roman emperors, with orange 

 trees and a riot of purple clematis. Across the 

 lake the eye travels over green slopes and forests 

 to the mountains. All is calm and sunlit and 

 health-giving ; a retired nook in the very centre 

 of Europe where " sweet Peace sits crowned 

 with smiles," and all alarums and excursions 

 belong to the past. 



The State of Baden was practically created by 

 Napoleon after Austerlitz to honour his ally, the 

 almost landless Margrave, who was a relative of 

 the Tsar of Russia and had thrown in his lot 

 with France. Afterwards the Grand Duchy was 

 incorporated in the German Empire ; but the 

 Grand Duke Frederick, who had married Louise, 

 only daughter of the Emperor William I, was a 

 man of such sterling worth and of so sympa- 

 thetic a character, that he won glowing tributes 

 of admiration even from the French, when he 

 died at Mainau in 1907. The castle now 

 belongs to his widow. 



This part of the Lake of Constance seems 

 peculiarly rich in romantic legends. Mainau 

 was originally an appanage of the Bodmann 



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