It is an engraving in the text, with text also on the back.
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Wood engraving, or xylography, is a common method of letterpress printing that was used towards the end of the 18th century. It was developed from woodcuts by Thomas Bewick in the 19th century.
Templates of drawings, pictures or photographs are transferred to a wooden board cut across the grain with a wooden burin instead of a knife, processed and then printed on paper. Because these wood engravings are printed directly from the woodblock without photomechanical reproduction processes, they are original graphics!
Especially between 1850 and 1900 they were used in books and magazines of the 19th century. century illustrative purposes. This also explains why wood engravings were almost always printed together with text contributions and often have text on the back. Wood engravings almost always come from print media (newspapers, illustrated magazines or books) of the 19th century. century.
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Rhäzüns Castle (Romansh Chastè da Razén) is located in the east of the municipality of Rhäzüns in the canton of Graubünden. The castle is located on the lower reaches of the Hinterrhein before its confluence with the Vorderrhein on a striking plateau of the Bonaduz Formation (gravel, etc.) and a core of transported limestone rubble from the Tamins landslide, 65 m long and 25 m wide. To the east the terrain slopes steeply towards the Rhine. Access to the artificially expanded ditch is from the southwest via a dam built around 1700. Original access was either via a bridge or a steep ramp. The main buildings are leaning on the inside of a circular wall that runs from north to south. The wall runs into nothing at its ends and once comprised a larger complex. The east side is protected by a weaker wall with embrasures for small arms from the 16th century. Century limited. The actual building complex consists of two rectangular residential wings and the chapel wing on the northwest corner. The northern wing with wall paintings with motifs from the Tristan legend dates from the second half of the 14th century. century. Doors, windows and roof are from the 16th century. century or younger. The elongated intermediate wing was built in the late 16th century. Built in the century under Johannes Planta von Wildenberg. An inscription above the door of the middle wing and his coat of arms with initials and the year 1592 on the outer wall facing the courtyard are reminiscent of Planta's building work. Johannes Planta was beheaded at a people's court in 1572. The last major expansion phase dates back to around 1700, when the outer gate building and the chapel wing were built. However, a chapel seems to have existed beforehand, as a castle chaplain is mentioned in 1396. The tiled roof is modern. Major renovations took place in 1927/28. From the topography of the hill it can be concluded that large parts of the original structure must have collapsed. Documents from the 16th century Century confirm the demolition of an endangered round tower on the outermost edge of the site facing the Rhine. Significant renovations took place in the second half of the 16th century. century. In 1553 the northern main tower was demolished and perhaps at the same time the eastern part was abandoned and today's eastern wall was built. The interior of the castle is largely post-medieval. When the system or whose previous buildings were built are is not known. Presumably already existed in the 10th century. century a castle complex on the site of today's castle; in documents from Emperors Otto I and Otto II. A castellum Beneduces et Rezunnes is mentioned in the years 960 and 976. The first proven representative of the Barons of Rhäzüns was Arnoldus de Ruzunne, who is mentioned in the Gamertingen documents in 1137/39. The first documented mention of Rhäzüns Castle itself appears in a sales deed from the Disentis monastery from 1282. After the death of the last Rhäzünser, Georg, in 1459, a long succession dispute arose between the Counts Hohenzollern-Hechingen von Zollern and the Werdenbergers. In 1461 the castle fell to the Zollern through an arbitration award, who pledged it to Conradin von Marmels in 1437. Through an exchange for the rule of Haigerloch, it came into the possession of Maximilian I in 1497, as he was interested in a strategically important location. However, the Marmels, who carried out various expansions on the castle, remained the pledge holders; For example, prisons and bathhouses were set up. During the Swabian War, Rhäzüns was occupied by the Grisons in May 1499, but was returned to the Marmels after peace was concluded. After Hans von Marmels' death in 1553, Rhäzüns changed hands several times until 1695. Bartholomäus von Stampa and, in 1558, Johannes von Planta followed as pledge holders; later his daughter Anna married her husband Rudolf vonSchauenstein, then to her brother Johann von Planta. In 1674 Rhäzüns was owned by Johann Travers von Ortenstein, son of Rudolf von Travers and Lucrezia von Planta, a daughter of Pompey Planta. In 1695, Austria took control and had it administered by officials. This prevented Rhäzün's rule from being integrated into the politics of the Three Leagues. On the 29th. In December 1809, Austria took control of France. After the collapse of the Napoleonic Empire, Rhäzüns initially returned to Austria in 1814 and was added to the canton of Graubünden at the Congress of Vienna in 1815. The ceremonial handover to the canton took place on the 19th. January 1819 in the district judge's hall at Rhäzüns Castle. The municipalities' sovereign rights were transferred to the canton and the castle became private property. It was acquired by the last Habsburg administrator, the doctor and district judge Georg Anton Vieli. It remained in his family until 1927. In the early 1850s, Fr Theodosius Florentini opened a girls' school there, which was moved to Rorschach in 1854. After the tenant of the estate lived there, the castle was empty and began to fall apart. On the 11th In December 1926 it was bought by the “Rhäzüns Non-Profit Cooperative for Swiss Abroad Holiday Homes” and extensively renovated. In 1929, a holiday camp for Swiss people abroad was held with the collaboration of “Pro Campagna”, a Swiss organization that promotes rural building and living culture. The outbreak of war made these camps impossible and the castle came back into the possession of the Vieli family in 1942. In 1964 the castle was bought by Ems-Chemie AG and rented by Christoph Blocher for his lifetime.
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