Copy 1, Volume 1

St. Petersburgh: a journal of travels to and from that capital. Through Flanders, the Rhenich provinces, Prussia, Russia, Poland, Silesia, Saxony, the federated states of Germany, and France / By A.B. Granville.

  • Granville, A. B. (Augustus Bozzi), 1783-1872.
Date:
1829
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Credit: St. Petersburgh: a journal of travels to and from that capital. Through Flanders, the Rhenich provinces, Prussia, Russia, Poland, Silesia, Saxony, the federated states of Germany, and France / By A.B. Granville. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Country through which I Names of the tistance n Post- Amount for Posting. State State of Observations. Date. principal Towns mdes, No. of No. of of the we and Post-houses. eaeues, Horses. I )i ivers. health. veather. passed. ' prsts. 2 1 t rurman Posies. tioi. k. Hor. k. (A) The charge, for each horse >is a florin Free ] 2th. FRANK- 6 0 2 0 anti a halt for a poste of 2 miles, and 40 krt utzers Town. FORT (A) on the Mein See p. 150, part 1. 2 tor the postilion; one Horin, at Frankfort, is Grand i 3 0 1 0 equal to 60 kreutzers, or 2 francs, 15 centimes. HANAU (See page 1*9) One duke Hanau. Gelnhausen H 4 30 1 30 Horin, however, had better be given to the Saalmunster i Rix. Gr. Itix. Gr. postilion. The German poste is equal to 2 meylen. 1 20 0 16 Schhichtern The perpetual changes Hesse i 1 20 0 16 of coins and charges on the. road from Frank-1 Cassel. Neuhof i 1 20 0 16 fort to Leipsig, are a 1 ereat source of incon-3 (B) FULDA (1) Of 1 9 0 12 venience. The travel- ler must, in a great measure, trust to the printed ticket given at Grand- duke of Hiinfeld 1 1 20 0 16 each poste, before start- ing, signed by the master. Saxe- Wei- Buttlar 1 1 12 0 16 (1) Inn l’Electeur. La Poste. Vach j There are barrieies to mar. (C) Of 1 3 0 12 be paid at every town on this road, besides the IMarksuhl H 1 21 4 20 chausseegeld included in the charges made out in the printed ticket. EISENACH (2) U4 1 3 0 12 (1) Inn, the Rauten- Trantz, excellent and civil people. Gotha GOTHA (3) If 2 15 1 4 (3) La Poste, very Co- (D) n Hor. kr. Hor. kr. comfortable. (4) The Romishkaiser burg. ERFURT (4) (F) 7 30 3 0 (5) Prince Hereditaire tolerable and the best. PRUS- Rix. Gr. Rix. Gr. (E) In the kingdom of Saxony, the tarif for SIA. 16th. WEIMAR (5) See p. ‘204, part i. H 2 0 1 0 each horse, is 9 groshen a mile, equal to 1 franc 50 centimes. (The Sax- Duke i on mile is longer.) Tire of Saxe- Wei- Eckartsberge Naumburg H 2 0 1 0 Saxon rix-thaler, 24 gutten groshen, equal to 3 francs 90 centimes. mar. i 1 10 0 20 The tarif for posti- lions is 4 gutten grosh- PRUS- Weissenfels i 1 10 0 20 en, which should be doubled. SIA, In the various Duke- (F) Liitzen i 1 10 0 20 doms of Saxony, the tarif differs. (B) Hesse-Cassel, eleven gutten groshen SAX- 19 th. LEIPSIG H 1 21 0 20 ONY. See p. 233, vol. 1 per mile, and per horse. (E) Delitzseh U 1 20 0 25 (C) Saxe-Weimar, nine gutten groshen per mile Bitterfeld l 1 10 0 20 and horse. (D) Saxe-Gotha, 1 Grbfenhaini- florin 15 kreutzers per mile, and horse. • chen H 1 5 0 21 One third of a rix- thaler had better be cn cc D WITTEN- BERG H 2 0 1 25 given to the postilion for each mile every where. oi See p. 244 vol. 1 • (F; The tarif for horses (F) Kroppstadt l 1 10 0 20 in this part of Prussia is 10 silver groshen a horse per mile, or one- 29| third of a rix-thaler.