A reminder of the people who built the Ermitage
The Commemorative Inscription
This commemorative Latin inscription dedicated to Balbina von Andlau and Heinrich von Ligertz was written by Professor Oberlin from Strassbourg.
Here we read:
HOSPES AMICE
HASCE DELICIAS
NATURAE DEBES
DEBES INDUSTRIAE
BALBINAE AB ANDLAU
HENRICI A LIGERZ
MDCCLXXXV
Translated:
Guest and Friend
These delights
You owe to nature
And you owe to the diligence
Of Balbina of Andlau
And of Heinrich of Ligertz
1785