Note 219 — Chapter XXIV · LEGISLATION OF THE LATER KINGS.
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Burg is, of course, one of the best-known words of the common Teutonic stock. It is enshrined in Luther’s hymn “Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott,” and in hunting for the traces of Roman encampments in Hesse and Nassau, I have found that the name by which they are best known in the countryside is “Die alte Burg”.