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small and simple, and although now inruins, you may judge what it has been.

This chateau was built at the com-mencement of the 11th century, by Wes-ner, Bishop of Strasbourg, and brother toRadeboton, Compte D’Altenbourgh, whomarried Ide, the sister of Thierri, Dukeof Lorraine.

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Baden owes its celebrity to the hot mi-neral springs, which take their rise nearby, and which were celebrated in the timesof the Romans, who called the placeAqua Helvetia , Vicus Thermorum , Ther-mopolis Badena , 6f Bada. Tacitus men-tions this spot, in speaking of the excessescommitted by the.troops of Cecira, lieute-nant under the Emperor Vit611ius:—“ Di-