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Chap. II.
ECKERNFIORDE.
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carved oak, elaborate in workmanship and detail, and
luckily unpainted. In the centre of the folding
altarpiece the image of our Lady again appears, life-size; and
candlesticks—colossal candlesticks—adorn the altar.
The church is pewed, the only symptom of the
Reformation ever visible in these parts; and high aloft on
either side rise galleries,—or rather loggie,—destined
to preserve the “ påte tendre ” from contact with the
homely pottery of Holstein life. Some of these are
supported on arches, with twisted columns richly carved ;
small lattices, open and close according to the wishes
of the occupants, shading them from the view of the
preacher and the world below. These loggie appear to
have been raised according to the caprice of separate
individuals, and, though beautiful in themselves and
comfortable enough, deform the proportions of the
building.
ECKERNFIORDE.
The brown bread eaten, we again proceed, the road
occasionally varied by traversing a Holstein wood, its
sideway a snow-flake of Parnassia; then suddenly we gain
a view of the sea, skirt by the bay, and drive into the
small city of Eckernfiorde—from the distance, a
quaker-like, prudish sort of a town, enlivened, however, by the
presence of a bustling sea, active-minded windmills, and
the deep-red tiled roof of its parish church. Holstein
military in full parade, and tall narrow red sentry boxes
on either side of the way, guard its entry.
We rolled up the long narrow street, whizzed round
a corner or two to the hotel, and are again requested to
alight for half a stunde. The name of Eckernfiorde is
familiar to those who have studied the events of the
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