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666 GERMANY. [Middle- Mark.
before the Stralau-gate, as much fugar is prepared, as is fufficient to fupply
the whole PruJJian countries.
The Coin luburbs lie in a fine and pleafant fpot and a fruitful plain, confifting
of fome ftreets, as alfo of many gardens and fome arable land, which
will in time be cultivated. Thofe fuburbs were in 1736 inclofed within
the outer wall.
Before the Kopenick-gate lie the Köpenick-fuburbs, which have their own
Lutheran church. The council's farm here ftands very pleafantly, commanding
a fine profpedl quite round it, particularly along the Sptre.
The Fridericbjkcerder was built by the Eledtor Frederick William on a
fwampy loerder, or ifland, and confifls of nineteen flreets, among whichthat
called the Leipzig-ßreet is principally to be remarked, and does great
credit to the town. The huiheran church here with the hofpital of
St. Gertrude were rebuilt anew in 1744. In the Frederick- llreet lies what
is called the Prince's houfe, being a very fine building. The two head
teachers of the gytm:afium in the Friderichfivcrder are alternately Lutheran
and Cakiniß. With this gymnajium is united the fchool of Friderichfladt.
made ufe of both by the Lutherans and Cahi-
The German church here is
Jiißs, the forenoon fervice on every other Sunday being performed therein by
the latter, and that in the afternoon by the former. This building is only
parted by a wall from the principal French church. Not far from the fluice
here lies the ftaple for the excellent mirrors caft near Neu/ladt on the
DoJJ'e., in which are to be found pieces from ninety to a hundred inches.
At prefent this work and magazine is pofl^effed by the royal privy military
counfellor Krug of Nidda. The new mint is a fine ftone building two
ftories in height. The fluice here is built of freeftone on a beautiful and
durable model, and promotes the navigation on the Spree. The bridge
laid over it leads to the Packhof, where ail goods and wares of the »lerchants
are unladen which come either by land or water. At the fame place alfo
the excife and toll is coUedled by the King's officers, but the cellerage
there by the magiflrate to whom it
belongs. In the great Jager-ßreet here lies
the royal hunting-houfe. In the market is a Gennan and a Freiich church.
The royal arlenal is a large, excellent, grand, well furniflied, and extremely
well difpofed building, having fcarce its Tqual. The royal
foundery fronts one fide of it towards the rampart, and in the bulwark to
the right hand of this foundery, towards Dorotkeenßadt, lies the laboratory.
Over againft the arfenal is the palace of the Prince of Prußa. In the flaple
' rampart-ßreet ftands alfo the French council-houfe, at which not only the
court-days aie held, but the place hkewife where the fupreme French direftory,
the fupreme tribunal, and fupreme confiftory alfemble. In this
ftreet too lies the French college, which was founded in 1689.
The Dorotheenjladt, or Neüjßadt, was founded by the Eledlor Frederick
William, and named after his confoit. It lies between the Friderichflierder