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Show I : Rhmeland Rhineland Rhire1and Long Used to toTread toTread toTread i Tread Treadof of Marching Marchms : Men Has Been Battlefield Peri Peri- Periodically Periodically Periodically - odically for 2,000 2000 , Years . WashingtonThe Washington-The Washington The Washington -The The - The cadent tread treal1 of ofhewy ofheavy ofheavy hewy heavy Na71 Nall Na ? ! army boots on the cob cobbles cobtiles cobbles bles tiles of picturesque to\\ to towns tons \ ns in the thellhineland theRhineland theRhineland llhineland Rhineland recently echoed around aroundthe aroundthe aroundthe the world because of Its effect upon uponInternational uponinternational uponinternational International relations But to many manyresIdents manyresidents manyresidents resIdents of those towns , history historywas historywas was \ 'IS IS ' merely repeating Itself Period PeriodicaUy Periodically PeriodIcally icaUy ically for 2,000 2000 , OOO years ; } eal eais 5 the Rhnelantl Ithinelantd Rhnelantlhas Ithinelantdhas Rhinelanuhas [ has been a battlefield battlefieldThe ' . -The The .fhe fhe rl'e rle - ' Rhineland's Rhinelands llhmeland's llhmelands ' location , Its pro productlve productlve productlve ductlve soil soll , Its mines and above aboveaU aboveall aboveall aU all Its Rhine llbine , have made mJde it Ger German Germans Germany man\ man mans mans \ s 'Main Main "lain lain 'llaln llaln ' " Street ' and 'Pomlsed Pomlsed 'Promised Promised 'PomlsedLand 'PromisedLand 'PromisedLand PromisedLand ' : Land ' rolled up into one 10000 10000squnre 10000square 10000square squnre square miles rolles , " says the tbe National NationalGeoglaphc NationalGeographic NationalGeogiaphic Geoglaphc Geographic [ society . , "Small Small " \ wonder onder that many have havecoveted havecoveted havecoveted coveted It Caesar crossed the thellhlne theRhine theRhine llhlne Rhine ' as 'lS lS \ well eIl as the Rubicon llubIcon At Attila Attila Attila tila the Hun nun disturbed its peace peaceand , and Clovis fought along Its banks banksCharlemagne banksCharlemagne banksCharlemagne Charlemagne established est1bhshed the capital capitalof of his empire at Aachen in the I and nnd tugs , and flows Into the tbe L-.ether L.ether L .ether ether Nether L.etherI L.etherlands Netherlands - . Netherlands I lands as n a spreading belt of green greenish greenish greenIsh , ish \ water ater almost a mide mlde wide wide wideI wideProbably wideProbably wideProbably I Probably no other river riyer In the ssorld ssorldhas vv \ arId oridhas has been made to sen serve sense e man more moreefilciently moreefficiently et1lclen efilciently tly , , for a system of canals canalsand canalsand canalsand I Iet1lclen and dredged dredge channels enables it to tocarry tocarry tocarry carry a tremendous traffic of tour tour- tourist tour1st tourist - ist 1st steamers and barges burdened burdenedlth burdenedwith burdenedwith \\lth lth with \ coal , ore . , and bulky freIght freightFamous . . Famous Towns and Cities ' Some of ot Germany's Germanys ' greatest greatestcitIes greatestcities greatestcities citIes and Illustrious 11lustrious to\\ to towns tons \ ns are arestrung arestrung arestrung strung along the Rhine like lIhe je\\ je jeels jewels jewelsof jewelsof \ els elsI elsof of a necklace They includeIam Include \Iam/ Iam Matnf : \ Main/'the Main 'the the Iam'the / , I 'the the ' Golden , ' ; , ' market marhet for sp'Irhllng spIrhllng sparkling sp'Irhllngllhenlsh sparklingRhenish sparklingRhenish ' llhenlsh Rhenish wine wlne ; Koblenz , , 'i\ 'i i ' \ with 'iIth sslth Ith Jts Its Jtsrl.Clslde Itsrivetslde Itsriveislde rl.Clslde rlClslde rivetslde . shaded promenade so fa faml1l'1r famlliar famlllar ml1l'1r ml1l1r mlliar ' to many n1'1ny n11ny ' American soldiers , Koln 'Koln ' ' ( Cologne ) , Rhineland llhIneland s me me- metropohs metropolis metropolis - - tropolis tropohs , \ with Ith German Germany's Germanys ' 's s ' finest finestGothic finestGothic finestGothic Gothic cathedral \ which hlch was GOO 000 GOOye'1rs 000years COOyears ye'1rs ye1rs years ' a building bulldng [ ; and Dusseldorf Dusseldorfwhere Dusseldorfwhere where \ here art flourishes beside iron ironsteel , steel , and chemical worL.s"One works"One works worL.s worLs works"One . "One One " of the most famous towns townsof townsof townsof of its size in the world is Heidel HeIdel- HeIdelberg Heidelberg Heidelberg - berg , with the oldest college In Ger Germany Germany Germany many . This city now Is an 1mpor lmpor 1mportant lmportant Important tant medical center , although pa patlents patients patients tlents tients are outnumbered by visitors visitorswho visitorswho "ho ho who " come to see the university 'lnd lnd and 'lndthe andthe ' andthe the restored ruins of elaborate elaborateHeidelberg elaborateHeidelberg elaborateHeidelberg Heidelberg cstle'Many castle c\stle c stle ' \ . Many 'Many ' medieval ruins have been beenI beenrepaired beenrepaired repaired sufficiently sutbclently sufhciently to serve as asyouth asyouth asyouth I youth hostels for the numerous numerousI numerousstudents numerousstudents numerousstudents I students on " walking "alhlng alhlng tours through throughthe throughthe throughthe the Rhineland Rblnehnd I RblnehndI . ' The Rhineland llhlneland was for centuries centuriestbe centuriesthe centuriesthe tbe the stronghold of the Franks rrnnhs rranks , the thevirIle thevirile thevirile . virIle Teutonic tribe which furnlched furnished furnishedthe furnishedthe ; the name and much of the popula populatlon populatlon population tlon of France Now a southern southernsegment southernsegment southernsegment segment of the Rhineland llhlnehnd is French Frenchterritory Frenchterritory Frenchterritory territory , . Including the Bhlnesldecity Rhlneslde Bhlneslde RhlnesldecIty Rhinesldecity cIty , , Strasbourg StrasbourgII II " Rhineland llhineland Napoleon's Napoleons ' regiments regimentsswept regimentsswept regimentsswept swept triumphantly triumph'lntly triumphlntly ' through Pur Pursuing Pursuing Pursuing suing the double eagles of the no- no Ho- Ho Hohenaollerns nohen Ho-lien Ho lien - - hen henaollerns ollerns onerns went the French rrench trench Tricolor Tri- Tri Tricolor Tri.color Tricolor - . color In 191S 1918 And now the Swas Swiss Swastlk'1 Swisstiki Swastika tlk'1 tlk1 tiki ' waves from bridges blldges : ; , " fortresses fortressesmedieval , medlet'al medletal medieval ' town halls hans , and dormer dormerwIndo dormersvindofss dormerwindows wIndo svindofss s of quaint peaked pe'lL.ed pelL.ed pelLed ' . housesGarrisoned houses housesGarrisoned Garrisoned by Americans Americans"A "A A " list hst of the flags 11ags ' \ which 'i\hIch 'i i hIch have havefo'w haveflown haveflown fo\'w fo 'w w flown ) \ ' n In the Rhineland Hhlneland Ihineland " would "ould ould not notbe notbe notbe be completelthout complete without \\lthout lthout \ " \ the tbe Stars and andStrlps andStrlpcs andStripes Strlps Strlpcs ( , For four years a garrison garrisonof of Americans kept hept the 'Wacht Wacht 'Wncht Wncht ' am amllheln amRhein amRhein llheln Rhein ' ' at nt ' Germany's Germanys ' Gibraltar , the theold theold theold old fortress of Ehrenbreltstela Ehrenbreltsteln Ehrenbreltsteia op op110slte opposite opposlte 110slte posite Koblenz ( Coblenz'The Coblenz ) . The -'The 'The "The - " ' Ilhlncland Rhineland , , now transformed transformedfrom transformedfrom transformedfrom from a demilitarized demlUtarIzed demitltarized Into a danger dangerzone dangerzone dangerzone zone , embraces the territory west westof westof westof of the tbe Rhine llhlne up to the boundaries boundariesof of France rrance , Belgium , and the Nether Nether- Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands - lands and a 50 kilometer (31 31 ( mile milestrip ) strIp along the east bank . This is isan isan Isan an Important slice of Germany Germany- German GermanyThe . - The Thellhlneland TheIthlneland TheRhineland llhlneland Ithlneland . , Indeed , has hns been the thedomlnant thedominant thedominant domlnant dominant factor f'1ctor f1ctor ' In the thc commerce commercehistory , , history , , legend , , music , , and Utera liters Uterature literslure llteracure ture lure of the German people"Although people people"Although "Although Although " It rises In S Switzerland Switzerlandempties " ltzerland , , empties through the Nctherlanl1s Netherlands Netherlandsand , , and hag ha'3 ha3 has ' Jo lost t part of Its west bank bankto bankj to France rraucc rrance , , the tbe Rhine llhlne is essentiallya essentlalIya essentlalIy essentially a German river . It winds 800 500 miles milesfrom milesfrom milesfrom from Alps to ocean , creating picturesque pic pic- picturesque picturesque - turesque scenes and prosperous ac- ac nc- nc activity nctivity ac activity - - tivity wherever It goes From Bin Bin- Bingen Bin.gen Bingen . - gen to Koblenz It pours through n a nsteep asteep asteep steep gorge of ot rocky crags cro crownedwith crowned crownedwith ned nedwith with robber barons ' ruined castles castlesblown , bIo\\ bIo bIon blown \ n up by the tbe French rrench more than thana a century ago . , Thereafter 'Thereafter ' It broadens , bearing bearingan an Increasing horde of steamers |
