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 Municipal and other Public Buildings.—The District Court, on the Neue Wiese; the Town Hall, the Post and Telegraph Office on the Marktplatz, the Custom-house, at the bottom of the Eger Strasse; the first public school, in the Schulgasse; the second public school in the Eger Strasse; the Bezirksbürgerschule (District Citizen School), in the house previously called Schloss Windsor, beyond the Laurenzigasse; the Sparcassa (Savings’ Bank), in the Sprudelgasse; the Stadtthurm (city tower), on the Schlossplatz; the Theater (theatre), on the Neue Wiese and near Sanssouci.

We divide these into twenty-five, of which one to thirteen are situated on the left, and thirteen to twenty-five on the right bank of the Tepl.

1. The Alte Wiese (Old Meadow), up to the Kiesweg (Gravel Walk), is undoubtedly one of the most pleasant walks, as it forms the Bazaar of Carlsbad, on account of the great number of shops on both sides. It may also be called the Salon of Carlsbad, as the better classes assemble on it twice a day (either for promenade or for drinking coffee under the chestnut trees), in the morning after taking the waters, and again in the afternoon after returning from a longer walk. Besides, there is Labitzky’s band, which plays