247 M. RAILWAY in 7-12 ½ hrs. (to Brönn 4 ½-8 hrs.); fares 28 K. 80,
17 K., 9 K. 20 h.; express 40 K. 50, 24 K. 80, 13 K. 10 h. From Dresden to
Vienna viâ Prague and Brönn, 10 ¾ hrs. (fares 46 M 20, M 31 M 10, 16 M 40 pf.);
comp. R. 43. — The traveller should state, when taking his ticket, whether
his destination is the 'Nord-Bahnhof' or the 'Staats-Bahnhof' (same fares).
The express trains have sleeping-carriages and restaurants.

Prague, see p. 217. As we leave the Staats-Bahnhof, we observe
the suburb of Karolinental (p. 226) on the left and the Ziskaberg
(p. 233) on the right. 2 ½ M. Lieben (p. 267). — 20 ½ M. Böhmisch-
Brod (728 ft.). Between Böhmisch-Brod and Podiebrad (p. 257)
the Hussite wars were ended in 1434 by a great battle, in which
both the Bohemian leaders, Procopius 'the Great' and 'the Less', fell.
— 23 ½ M. Pořičan (junction for Nimburg, p. 259); 29 M. Peček
(junction for Beřvčr and Kauřim); 33 ½ M. Velim. Near Kolin,
on the right, rises the Friedrichsberg (912 ft.; 1 ½ hr.; where
Frederick stood during the battle), with an obelisk in memory of
the victory gained by the Austrian Marshal Daun over Frederick the
Great, 18th June, 1757, which compelled the Prussians to evacuate
Bohemia. — 40 M. Kolin (656 ft.; Grand Hotel; Blauer Stern; Rail.
Restaurant; pop. 15,000), on the Elbe, a manufacturing town, is
the junction of the Austrian N.W. Railway (p. 257). The Church of
St. Bartholomew, a handsome building in the transitional style of
the 13th cent., with Romanesque transept and two W. towers, has
a remarkably rich Gothic Choir, erected by Peter of Gmünd in
1360-78. Adjoining the church is a detached belfry of the
16th century. Branch-line to Čerčan-Pišely, see p. 266.

45 ½ M. Elbe-Teinitz, prettily situated on a hill. On the left,
the Elbe; on the right, several quarries. 52 ½ M. Kladrub; 57 M.
Přelouč ('junction for Kalk-Podol, 13 ½ M.). On an isolated hill to
the left of (65 M.) Pardubitz (Rail. Restaurant; Hôt. Veselka) is
the ruined castle of Kuně (1000 ft.). Railway to Reichenberg
and Zittau, see R. 47; to Deutsch-Brod, see p. 258.

73 M. Morawan. — Beyond (86 M.) Chotzen (Rail. Restaurant),
with a château and park of Prince Kinsky, the junction for Tinischt
(p. 267) and a branch-line to (15 M.) Leitomischl, the train passes
through a tunnel of 200 yds. into the narrow valley of the Stille
Adler, with its pretty green meadows, wooded hills, and rock-forma-
tions. — 89 M. Brandeis, a picturesque place, with a ruined castle,
once the headquarters of the 'Bohemian Brethren'. — 95 ½ M. Wilden-
schwert, a manufacturing town, junction for Geiersberg (p. 267). —
102 M. Böhmisch-Trübau (1260 ft.; Rail. Restaurant).

TO OLMÜTZ, 54 ½ M., railway in 2 ½ hrs. — 4 ½ M. Triebitz (junction
for Prossnitz, p. 264); 9 ½ M. Rudelsdorf (branch-line to Landskron); then
through the wooded ravine of the Sazawa to (26 M.) Hohensladt (978 ft.;
Rail. Restaurant), a small town prettily situated at the S.E. base of the
Sudeten (junction for Blauda). The line nears the March. On a hill to the
right beyond (30 M.) Lukawetz rises Schloss Mürau, now a house of cor-