[Illustration: Karlsruhe in Baden, the birthplace of Viktor von Scheffel / Glimpse of the center of the town-hall on the market-place through the pillars of the Protestant Church / Built by Fr. Weinbrenner in the beginning of the 19th century / From a photograph by the Badischen Denkmäler-Archivs Kratt, Karlsruhe] The Choir in the Cathedral at Magdeburg / The Choir, begun in 1208, is the earliest specimen of Gothic architecture in Germany. Nave consecrated in 1363 / From a photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin [Illustration: Picturesque view on the German shores of the North Sea / In the harbor at Hamburg / From a photograph by Schaul, Hamburg] [Illustration: The Karl frescoes in the Town-hall at Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) / Painted by Alfred Rethel in 1840-1862 / Head of the dead Emperor from the fresco “Visit of Otto III to the Grave of Karl the Great” / Sketch in the cabinet of Engravings at Dresden] Title and decorations by Julius Nitsche, Munich / Etchings by F. Bruckmann, Graphische Anstalt, Munich / Paper from the Scheufelen Paper Factory, Oberlenningen-Teck, Württemberg / Two-tone prints by E. T. Gleitsmann, Dresden / Printed by Carl Gerber, Munich PICTURESQUE GERMANY First Series The following are in course of preparation: Second Series: German Industries / Third Series: German Landscapes / Fourth Series: German Spas / Fifth Series: German Museums etc. / All these volumes may be obtained at the place as Series 1 End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Picturesque Germany, by Anonymous