of St. James, of the 13th cent., with a slender tower, containing an elegant
tabernacle, several well-carved altars, pictures, monuments, and a good
organ. The Rathaus, with its open arcades, in the Platz on the S. side
of the church, was restored in 1894 (interesting interior). Beautiful view
of the Tatra from the pilgrimage-church on the Marienberg (¾ hr.). —
On the Kesmark road, 2 ½ M. to the N. of Leutschau, lies Löcsefüred
(2000 ft.), a watering-place and summer-resort, whence the Gehol (3550 ft.)
may be ascended. — At Donnersmark, 1 hr.'s drive from Leutschau, is a
Gothic double chapel, containing a late-Gothic altar.
A road (carr. in 2 hrs., 10 K.) leads to the S.E. from Igló viâ (3 M.) Igló-
füred (1870 ft.), a prettily situated spa, to (12 ½ M.) Schwarzenberg (Hung.
Feketehegy; 2100 ft.), a hydropathic, sheltered amid beautiful pine-woods.
We enter the Zipser Erzgebirge. — 179 ½ M. Szepes-Olaszi,
Ger. Wallendorf.
Branch-line to (5 ½ M.) Kirchdrauf, Hung. Szepes-Váralja (inn), a little
town with the considerable ruins of the castle of Zips, which gave name
to the county, and the interesting cathedral of St. Martin, begun in the
13th cent. in the Romanesque, and altered in the 15th cent. in the late-
Gothic style. Curious mural paintings of the 14th cent., some of them
well preserved. About 2 M. from the station are the small baths of
Baldócz (1420 ft.; Kurhaus), with springs containing sulphate of soda.
184 ½ M. Krompach, with iron-works. 187 ½ M. Stefanshütte,
with quicksilver, silver, and copper mines. — 191 ½ M. Margitfalu.
TO SchmiÖllnitzhÜtte, 21 M., railway in 2 ¾ hrs. through the Göllnitz
Valley, with its mines of iron-ore, worked since the middle ages. 3¾ M.
Máriahuta-Zakárfalu, with Archd. Frederick's Marienhütte, an iron-mine
worked with aid of an electric wire-rope railway. 5 M. Göllnitz, Hung.
Gölniczbánya (Stadl-Hotel), an old town with iron mines, and many chain
and nail factories around it. To the N.W. (1¼ M; carr. 3 K.) is Thurzófüred
(1876 ft.), a summer-resort embosomed in pinewoods. 10 M. Prakendorf,
Hung. Prakfalu, with iron-works. 21 M. Schmöllnitzhütte, Hung. Szomolnok-
huta, with valuable mines of pyrites. About 6 M. distant is the hydropathic
of Stoósz (2200 ft.; p. 351).
The line is carried through the narrow and picturesque valley
of the Hernád by means of embankments and cuttings. 208 M. Abos
(branch-line to Eperjes, p. 351). The Hernád is crossed several
times; then through a tunnel into a broader part of the valley.
218 M. Kaschau, see p. 350.
64. The Hohe Tatra.
The Central Carpathians, rising between the plains of the Waag,
the Árva, the Dunajec, and the Popper and extending for a distance
of about 50 M. with a breadth of 9-22 M., are the loftiest mountains
in Hungary. This range, of limestone, gneiss, granite, and sandstone
formation, consists of three principal groups, viz. the Árva-Liptau
Gneiss end Limestone Mts., or W. portion as far as the Lilijowe Pass,
with peaks rising to a height of 7300 ft.; the Hohe Tatra (i.e. High
Tatra), or central portion, stretching E. to the Kopa Pass and reaching
the height of 8735 ft.; and the Béla Limestone Alps, with peaks of
7070 ft., stretching at an angle from the Hohe Tatra to the Zdjar Pass.
The most imposing portion is the Hohe Tatra, on the borders of Zips,