GERMAN ARCHITECTURE. 1—VII.
NORTH GERMANY.
THE general features of the Renaissance in North Germany do not differ materially from those which the style dis
plays in the south. The second part of our subject will therefore be treated more briefly than the first has been.
North Germany, which we will consider as terminating on the south -with the Main, may be divided for our purposes into
Hanover, the duchy of Brunswick and the provinces of Brandenburg and Posen; on the north, the coast districts, embracing the free cities of Dantzic, Liibeck, Hamburg and Bremen and the duchies of Pomerania and Mecklenburg. The first section does not present any general architectural features absolutely distinct from those of Swabia and Franconia.
Silesia and Saxony early adopted the Renaissance; Breslau, the capital of Silesia, outranks all other German cities in the number of important Renaissance constructions antedating
three principal groups: on the south, Silesia, Saxony, Thuringia, Hesse, Rhenish Prussia and Westphalia; in the centre,
1530. In the early part of the sixteenth century, the new style appeared in small decorative designs. The first large work was the sacristy door of the cathedral, which dates from 1517 and betrays the influence of Italy; the town-hall, various
1 From the French of Lambert ami Stahl, in Planat’s Encyclopedic de V Archi
ecture et de la Construction. Continued from No. 820, page 160.
NORTH GERMANY.
THE general features of the Renaissance in North Germany do not differ materially from those which the style dis
plays in the south. The second part of our subject will therefore be treated more briefly than the first has been.
North Germany, which we will consider as terminating on the south -with the Main, may be divided for our purposes into
Hanover, the duchy of Brunswick and the provinces of Brandenburg and Posen; on the north, the coast districts, embracing the free cities of Dantzic, Liibeck, Hamburg and Bremen and the duchies of Pomerania and Mecklenburg. The first section does not present any general architectural features absolutely distinct from those of Swabia and Franconia.
Silesia and Saxony early adopted the Renaissance; Breslau, the capital of Silesia, outranks all other German cities in the number of important Renaissance constructions antedating
three principal groups: on the south, Silesia, Saxony, Thuringia, Hesse, Rhenish Prussia and Westphalia; in the centre,
1530. In the early part of the sixteenth century, the new style appeared in small decorative designs. The first large work was the sacristy door of the cathedral, which dates from 1517 and betrays the influence of Italy; the town-hall, various
1 From the French of Lambert ami Stahl, in Planat’s Encyclopedic de V Archi
ecture et de la Construction. Continued from No. 820, page 160.