Show aa R at ta 31 aal u J 2 1 16 JW 1 j r UT RHINELAND CITI kalns cathedral dominates the rhine prepared by the national geographic society washington D C 0 service ANY of the cities that will be MANY M affected economically by the recent movement of nazi troops are well known to americans who have enjoyed happy vacation days in the rhineland among them are coln cologne guisburg duisburg Duls Du burg isburg and koblenz coblenz cities that have beckoned to and charmed travelers from this side aide of the atlantic koin Is one of the most popular stopping places along the rhine the city with its bristling trade and with one of the worlds most famous cathedrals Is perhaps the valleys greatest drawing card whether the traveler approaches kola by the black and walte tunneled funneled passenger boats by train or by motor over the numerous highways that radiate from the city the massive cathedral blackened by age first comes into view the huge structure dwarfs the close built gabled medieval houses and modern flat roofed structures the kola edifice Is a fine example of gothic architecture ranking fifth in size amon among the worlds cathedrals it Is richly adorned with a profusion of turrets spires flying buttresses elaborately carved cornices cornicks cor nices fluted columns and stained glass windows framed in beautifully executed tracery work from its heights numerals nume rohs rols gargoyles gape at passersby passers by in the streets beneath the twin spires flanking the western facade each nearly as tall as the washington monument tower over the city and the swift lowing rhine like fingers pointing the city 70 to heaven koin Is ancient but busy although coln Is two thousand years old it reflects its prosperity and modern development la in wide tree free lined boulevards broken here and there by flowering gardens and park ways ornamented with monuments and equestrian statues of celeb celebrated rated german countrymen fine shops and imposing mansions border these thoroughfares but now and then one wanders into a section where medieval coln reveals itself in tortuous narrow cobbled streets walled b by y ancient gabled house fronts front and dimly lighted ests by antiquated gas posts the roman noman wall that once surrounded old koin has long since been destroyed and its foundation now forms one of the cites most beautiful boulevards and parkways park ways the ring king only the gate ifwers of the walls remain marking 7 the limits of the old city beyond bayon d them coln has spread out absorbing numerous suburbs until its population now Is nearly As germanys germanas Germ anys great river port and one of its major railroad centers kola Is the st louis of the republic under the graceful arched arche d bridge that connects with the east bank 0 of f the rhine pass long strings of barges lumber rafts barge steamers stealers ste steamers alers and palatial passenger boats koin has bas a large trade in ILI corn wine mineral ores coal leather timber and porcelain some of the products of the cites industries eire are known by their names such as coln brown a brown coal or lignite used as a pigment in paints koin ware a plain hard stone stoneware ware mottled gray and brown brow a which Is made into orna cental jugs coln spirits a ree rectified filled liquid containing OG do per cent alcohol coln thread and kola blades Du guisburg duisburg Duls burg isburg germanys germanas Germ anys largest river port Is more than 1500 years old its site in there was a village on A D and it was well known to the romans when they occupied the rhine country many centuries ago when handed to the the city charter was Duls burgers in 1129 the ports commercial importance had been established viewed fr from OM a rhine river boat there Is nothing in Du guisburg duisburg Duls burg isburg to suggest the traveler looks out upon its age of shipping Du guisburg duisburg Duls burg isburg and a in maze ae merged in 1005 1905 and the were two cities it if spread out of the qu ys in a single line alo along dg the rhine would EPA span 25 miles of river bank duisburg guisburg Du isburg a crowded port stream of boats la is coming constant A the rhine channel from and going products ste steel tl coal tobacco and iron move from tills this port to many t textiles of the world while some of the parts bring iron from spain inc incoming 01 boats and sweden to keep the wheels of Du guisburg duisburg Duls isburg burg mills in operation meanwhile the ruhr river which flows into the rhine at Du guisburg duisburg Duls isburg burg is filled with vessels and barges barge many of which dock at the busy port where their cargoes are transferred to seagoing sea going craft or conveyed to Du guisburg duisburg Duls isburg burg mills beyond the quays lofty smoke stacks rise above huge steel and iron plants rolling mills foundries machine shops chemical works and shipyards and now and then on the brightest days the blast furnaces belch a volume of flame and smoke that startles the traveler A Duls burger will show him how some of the factories make use of their smoke by extracting gases which help turn the wheels in the mills from which it comes quaint gabled houses with doorsteps protruding upon the cobbles of narrow streets and the venerable st saviors church a fine gothic edifice whose spire rises feet above the cl city t Y take the traveler back a few centuries but most of Du guisburg duisburg Duls burg isburg Is as new as any of americas colonial towns in the middle of the nineteenth century Duls guisburg duisburg Du isburg burg had only inhabitants I 1 and today both cities have a population of nearly drawn from nearly all parts of germany lind and many parts of europe As the rich ruhr district Is further developed duisburg guisburg Du isburg as the water gateway of the ruhr district bids fair to continue to A large portion of the working population of Du guisburg duisburg Duls burg isburg work in the 9 great reat steel mills of the duisburg guisburg Du isburg area frequently they crowd the city stadium which accommodates spectators the opera and some of germanys germanas Germ anys finest orchestras and enthusiastic audiences here many churches and government buildings as well as the museum are adorned with paintings sculptures or industrial art works the newer portion of Du guisburg duisburg Duls burg isburg Is laid out with modern thoroughfares in the business districts of which are fine shops frequently the streets open in into to the broad squares where duisburg guisburg Du isburg has placed statues in honor hono r of local and national patriots duls burg was the home of gerhard mercator men and in the burg platz Is a fountain commemorating the mapmaker map maker attractions of koblenz the traveler finds that there Is little wonder that american soldiers liked their amsl assignment ament to koblenz after the world war few cities and towns even in the rhine valley enjoy the picturesque setting of koblenz for many miles above and below the city the rhine shore Is studded with villages like gems strung on a gracefully curving string behind them well kept vineyards sources of the file famous rhine wine clothe the steep river banks from the village backyards to td the foot ot of massive walls of castles that a few centuries R ago 0 O were the gay gathering places of some of the great and near great of germany from the opposite shore or from the rail of a rhine river boat koblenz displays no evidence that there was a town on its site 2700 years ago A colossal equestrian statue of kaiser Wil wilhelm belin I 1 overlooks the rhine from the junction point of the moselle and rhine rivers from tills this point to the opposite 7 end of the city the rhine shore Is lined with a wide open space with shaded promenades ades and numerous grassy parks no sooty smoke stacks and warehouses are visible to mar the skyline of modern buildings and lofty church steeples there is a landing place on the riverside but it is spotlessly clean and free from unsightly piles of cargo 0 o koblenz Is a great w wine ine market but after viewing the file fine buildings and palatial residences set amid wide lawns travelers search for other evl evidence of the cites livelihood on the moselle banks bank s they find it barges constantly come and go from the quays and a visit to the nearby streets reveal busy piano paper and dye factories and chemical laboratories A long along the Al moselle oselIe banks also are a few narrow crooked streets lined with venerable houses business buildings and churches all that remains of old koblenz formerly Confluent ia so named because of its situation at the c confluence on fluence of the rhine and mo selle |