Page 191: Prince Albrecht’s Gardens. Popular park beside the palace of Prince Albrecht of Prussia (1837-1906) by the Askanischer Platz.
Page 191: Kreuzberg. A hill to the south of the city centre where a memorial to the dead of the Napoleonic Wars was erected in 1878. In 1888-94 the Viktoria Park was laid out with artificial rock formations and a waterfall.
Page 193: Glatz (now Klodzko in Poland). Town with a fortress prison in the Prussian District of Breslau where Innstetten serves his sentence for killing his opponent in a duel. There was strong public feeling against the practice of duelling in Germany at this period; the punishment was three months to five years for taking part, and two to fifteen years’ imprisonment in the event of a fatality. Innstetten’s early release however was typical for someone of his position. Kaiser Wilhelm I had Ardenne released after three weeks of his two-year sentence.
Page 193 Habsburger Hof. An inn on the Askanischer Platz, by the Anhalt Station, near Effi’s apartment.
Page 201: Schilling’s. Cake shop on the corner of Friedrichstrasse and Kochstrasse.
Page 202: Karl Theodor Körner (1791-1813). successful dramatist and poet in the style of Schiller, who wrote and fought for the cause of German freedom and was killed in action in the Napoleonic Wars.
Page 209: Kreuzzeitung… Norddeutsche Allgemeine. Conservative Berlin newspapers. The Kreuzzeitung, properly speaking the Neue Preussische Zeitung, called after the emblem of the Iron Cross on the front page, was read by the Mark Brandenburg nobility.
Page 210: Ladenberg… Order of the Red Eagle. Philipp von Ladenberg (1796-1847), Prussian Minister of State, 1837-42. The Red Eagle, introduced in 1705, was a middle-grade Prussian decoration, unlike the Black Eagle. See note topage 102.
Page 211: Doctor Wichern… the Rough House. Johann Hinrich Wichern (1808-81), Protestant theologian who founded das Rauhe Haus in Hamburg (1833), an innovative educational institution for criminals and underprivileged persons.
Page 212: King Mtesa. Ruler of Uganda, 1841-84.
Page 212: Friedenskirche where Kaiser Friedrich is. Friedrich III (1831-88), the son of Wilhelm I and father of Wilhelm II, ruled only for 99 days. He was buried in the so-called Church of Peace in the palace gardens of Sanssouci.
Page 212: Sardanapalus or Coppélia with dell’Era. Antoinetta dell’Era-Santriri was prima ballerina at the Royal Opera House in Berlin in the 1880s, dancing in Paul Taglioni’s ballet Sardanapalus and Delibes’ Coppélia among others.
Page 212: Siechen’s. Berlin brewery and beer restaurant frequented by actors.
Page 213: Huth’s. Wine merchant’s with a wine bar, later an exclusive restaurant, a few doors up from where Fontane lived at 134 Potsdamerstrasse.
Page 213: Duke of Ratibor. Viktor, Duke of Ratibor and Prince of Corvey (1818-93), owner of extensive estates in Silesia, was president of the upper chamber of the Prussian state parliament from 1877.
Page 213: Prince Bishop Kopp. Georg Kopp (1837-1914), Prince Bishop of Breslau from 1887, worked to restore relations between the Prussian government and the Catholic Church.
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