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ARCHITECTURE 171 powers of North German master-builders were remark- ably exemplified ; for with this plain material they could produce the most magnificent work. They ex- celled specially in the art of making arches. The highest of these was to be found in Dantzic. At Stuttgart the Church of St. Leonard was erected in 1474, the abbey church in 1490 ; and the hospital Church of St. Ulrich was commenced in 1467, while that of St. George was completed between 1490 and 1505. St. Maurice's dates from the same period. Amongst the most magnificent architectural works are the Cathe- dral of Eatisbon (1486), of Ulm (1507), and the Frauen- kirche of Munich, erected between 1468 and 1488. Westphalia and the Ehenish Provinces kept pace with Suabia and Bavaria in architecture at this period. Among the Westphalian cathedrals and churches may be mentioned those of Blomberg, Bocholt, Borken, Coes- feld, Corbach, Dortmund, Everswinkel, Hamm, Lies- born, Lippstadt, Liidinghausen, Mollenbeck, Minister, Nottuln, Eheine, Schwerte, Soest, Unna, Vreden, and Weddern. In the Ehenish Provinces may be mentioned Alzey, Andernach, Baden-Baden, Basle, Bern, Bingen, Bonn, Bruchsal, Calcar, Clausen near Treves, Cleves, Coblenz, Cologne, Constance, Cues on the Mosel, Duisburg, Elten,, Emmerich, Essen, Freiburg, Heidelberg, Herensheim near Worms, Kiedrich, Lamdau in the Palatinate, Linz, Mentz, Meisenheim, Metz, Neustadt-on-the-Hardt, Eokeskyll, St. Goar, Simmern, and Sobernheim above Kreuznach, Strasburg, Thaum, Treves, Worms, Xanten, Zug, and Zurich. In the last-mentioned city the Min- ster was built between 1480 and 1490 ; the Church of Our Lady between 1484 and 1507, and the Wasser- kirche between 1479 and 1486. Architectural activity