European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Client show places Dorn the Danube Page 7 by George Learned staff correspondent photos by Kurt Meier round Regensburg where the Muddy Danube flows its Only Blue on maps would be a wonderful place to operate a horse drawn Carriage charter provid of the thurn and taxis family would sell their collection of to although the Castle Emmeram is noted for its museum and not to mention its role As head quarters for All thurn and taxis prop the Carriage collection will prob ably be the most interesting spot Orf this Castle one Model might be put in the class of the present Day new used cars with about 10 Miles on the this last word in 19th Century the taxis family at one time held the franchise for mail through a Large part of also on View Are heavily constructed types for Long Italy and other european coun with a few More refinements than the famed Wells Fargo stages that plied the old the tack rooms will be of special interest to the horse in the Castle a Benedictine rooms Are open to the Public and Are furnished in the style of the late two of the rooms Are especially Silver room and the Hall of the former All but reeks with extravagant Silver Decora a huge that appears to weigh hundreds of is further weighted with a heavy encrusting of Sil door picture even chairs Are heavily when entering the Mirror ask the guide to Light the ornate Light patterns highlight the Beauty statues of a Jester holding a chess piece and of a Man with a Badger left in the grounds of Emmeram Home of the thurn and taxis of the in other rooms we found several plates that appeared to hold Wax fruit like grandmother used to have in the closer inspection showed they were pottery and in the form of cookies and even quartered hard boiled the eggs gave the others been driven about 15 or 20 it was constructed in Budapest where a wedding of the taxis family took the ornate drawn by an eight horse carried the couple from the Church to the rail Road station where it was placed aboard priceless antique chinese porcelain vases and Gobelin tapestries fill the looms at several rooms with 19th Century furnishings Are flee special wedding arriving in the Carriage was unloaded and carried the newly weds to the Castle where it has remained Ever others include old mail in the same yellow and Black As today German Post busses and Yolks were another the old Wing of the a unique chandelier it is completely of the supporting portions from which chains and other Glass figures while in the main Salon notice the cast Glass chandelier left is part of 16th Century venetian Art at Emmeram at Valhalla visitor is greeted by 52 fluted Marble columns resembles Metal Goat on the its a souvenir from Pompeii in on the Balcony off the Silver room Are four statues depicting the history of the thurn and taxis the two Central As a bar and it is a favorite for troops stationed the upper floors Are empty and there is nothing of historical interest in the it makes a convenient atop for lunch or a Castle now an insane rises in the distance Castle Wernberg built about 900 has become a Sanatorium for figures represent a court Page playing chess while holding the thurn piece but called Castle in the american version of the game while another Page pets a tax the old German spelling of today Dax or thus the name thurn and the Dachshund origins by was a specially trained dog to Chase badgers and foxes out of their leaving Regensburg on the n15 to Ward we turned East Down the a few Kilometres for a Quick look at German Temple of Fame started by King Ludwig i in the sex considered a Fine example of doric has 52 fluted columns around the base which gives it a resemblance the Parthenon in the unpolished Gray Marble edifice stands 280 feet above the Danube and the Interior floor is of Marble ceiling beams Are supported by 14 painted and a Wagner frieze runs around the entire the 101 King Ludwig chose to occupy his Temple of supplemented by lists of 64 greats of whom no portrait could be among the figures Are Frederick Barbarossa Wallen Frederick the Schiller and returning to n15 we spotted the ruins of ruined by the swedes in it is just West of also overlooking the and Many claim the View of the Countryside is better from the Castle than we visited both spots on a foggy  see the Back on n15 we turned North to Castle Burg Wengenfeld in the town of the same asking directions to the Castle a waiter said it was an insane and open Only to restricted we took the hint and were off for Castle recently reopened Beer or at Wernberg is another old Little is open to the Public today As it is a health Center for ending our tour today is the Castle at an Abbey that now houses More than 900 parts of the imposing old buildings Are open to the