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in the year 1400, by the Count-Palatine and Elector RuprechtIII., surnamed " the Red;" this part of the ruin is called tothe present day "Ruprecht's building" (liuprechfs-bau).

The Elector Frederick I., however, added largely to thestructure, and after his time magnificent wings were builtby the Electors Lewis V., surnamed " the Pacific," and Otto-Henry, and Frederick IV. and V., the last being the un-fortunate King of Bohemia, and husband to Elizabeth Stuart,who, as we have said, was the daughter of our James I.,and grand-daughter of Mary Queen of Scots.

The first of these princes erected the portion of the Castleknown by the name of " Ludwig's-bau" (Lewis' building),together with the tower called "Der dicke Thurm" A.D.1553 ; the second constructed the west wing, styled " Otto-Heinrich''s-bau" (Otto-Henry's building), A.D. 1556; the thirdraised the north or front wing, christened " FreidricK's-bau "(Frederick's building), A.D. 1607; and the last added the partdenominated the "English Palace," as well as the "ElizabethenPforte'" (Elizabeths Gate), A.D. 1607. Indeed, the Castle ofHeidelberg comprises within its trenches no less than eightdifferent palaces, built by as many different princes.

But, if nearly half-a-score of the Counts Palatine wereconcerned in raising the structure, assuredly it required thecannons and bombs of many annies, as well as the bolts ofHeaven itself, in order to destroy it; for it has thrice sufferedfrom fire, and ten times experienced the horrors of war;and yet, though reduced to a mere carcass, the greater partof its adamantine walls remain to this day as solid and ornateas when they were first erected.

During the Thirty Years' War grcat ravages were madein the building, and the Elector Charles-Lewis the Wise vainlyattempted to restore it; for he had incurred the displeasure ofLouis XIV., who, in 1674, sent his troops into the Palatinate