Carriages were allowed to make the circuit, but not to obstruct the way.
The Konigstrasse began at the Platz, divided the city, and wound away southward, merging into the highway which continued to the Thalian Alps, some thirty miles distant.

The palaces were at the southeast corner of the Platz, first the king's, then the archbishop's.

The private gardens of each ran into the lake.

Directly across from the palaces stood the cathedral, a relic of five centuries gone.

On the northwest corner stood the Continental Hotel, with terrace and parapet at the water's edge, and a delightful open-air cafe facing the Platz.