1863 Girardet print DONAUESCHINGEN, BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG, GERMANY (#6)

1863 Girardet print DONAUESCHINGEN, BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG, GERMANY (#6) Nice print titled Donaueschingen, from wood engraving with fine detail and clear impression, nice hand coloring, approx. image

size is 10 x 15.5 cm. From Hippolyte DURAND, "Le Danube allemand, et l'Allemagne du Sud, voyage dans la Foret-Noire, la Baviere, l'Autriche, la Boheme, la Hongrie, L'Istrie, la Vénétie et le Tyrol", Tours, Mame, 1863. Click here or image for larger version Donaueschingen, Donaueschingen is a city in the southwest of Baden-Württemberg in the Schwarzwald-Baar District. It is located about 13 km south of Villingen-Schwenningen, 24 km west of Tuttlingen, and about 30 km north of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen. As of 2003 the city had a population of 21,300 making it the second-largest city in the Schwarzwald-Baar District. Donaueschingen lies on the Baar plateau in the southern Black Forest. The confluence of the Brigach and Breg form the source of the Danube river from which the city gets its name. The place was first mentioned as "Donaueschingen" in 889. In 1283 Rudolph von Habsburg granted the countship of Baar and Donaueschingen to Heinrich von Fürstenberg. The right to brew beer was also connected with this grant. This is the source of the Royal Fürstenberg Brewery. In 1488, possession was passed to the Count of Fürstenberg. From the 18th Century it was the residence of the Princes of Fürstenberg. In 1806 Donaueschingen came under the rulership of the Grand Duchy of Baden and was granted cityhood in 1810. A large part of the city was destroyed by fire in 1908. Donaueschingen has a tradition as a military garrison; since World War II the French military has maintained barracks in the city, and, until the early 1990s, the U.S. Air Force operated a contingency hospital there. Fortunately the hospital never received casualties on a large scale from military operations; it saw the most activity in 1989, when the United States offered the facility as temporary housing for refugees leaving East Germany for the West. Buyer pays shipping at cost. I prefer payment by PayPal, but I'll also accept any other payment method and currency (except direct payment by credit card) that is convenient for buyer. I combine shipping of multiple items. IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SHIPPING: Price quoted with auction is for surface mail to European countries. Please don't pay before you receive invoice from me. If shipping address is within Europe I recommend surface mail, you don't gain much time with airmail, it is just more expensive.