The earth and its inhabitants .. . earthitsinhabita386recl Year: 1883 CHAPTER IV. THE SWABIAN JURA AND THE VALLEY OF THE NECKAR. (WUrttembeug and Hohenzollern.)* General Aspects, Mountains, and Rivers. HE basin of the Neckar, though tributary to the Rhine, yet forms a distinct region, as far as concerns its upper portion, bounded as it is in the west by the ranges of the Black Forest and Odenwald. Geographical features thus justify the formation of a separate kingdom, of which the old castle of Wirtineberg, near the site now occupied by the city of Stuttgart, became the natural nucleus. Th
The earth and its inhabitants .. . earthitsinhabita386recl Year: 1883 CHAPTER IV. THE SWABIAN JURA AND THE VALLEY OF THE NECKAR. (WUrttembeug and Hohenzollern.)* General Aspects, Mountains, and Rivers. HE basin of the Neckar, though tributary to the Rhine, yet forms a distinct region, as far as concerns its upper portion, bounded as it is in the west by the ranges of the Black Forest and Odenwald. Geographical features thus justify the formation of a separate kingdom, of which the old castle of Wirtineberg, near the site now occupied by the city of Stuttgart, became the natural nucleus. The boundaries of Wiirttemberg, as drawn in accordance with treaties, present, no doubt, a few anomalies, the districts on the Upper Danube and to the north of the Lake of Constanz lying outside the valley of the Neckar ; but upon the whole Wiirttemberg forms a world apart, quite able to lead a life of its own. A map showing the density of the population proves this very plainly. The valley of the Neckar stands prominently forth upon it as a great centre of population, separated from Baden, Switzerland, and Bavaria by thinly peopled tracts of countr3^ The western boundary of this, one of the wealthiest and most active countries of Germany, is formed by the Black Forest, or Schwarzwald, whose southern extremity strikes the Svvabian Jura at an acute angle. The elevation of the hills near the point of contact is comparatively small, and easy passes lead across them into the valley of the Danube, and thence into that of the Rhine. This facility of communication has enabled Wiirttemberg to extend its political boundaries in that direction as far as the shores of the Bodensee. The Jurassic formation gradually increases in width as we travel eastward from the Rhine. The highest summits of the Swabian Jura rise to the west of the Danube, on the plateau of the Heuberg, the most considerable amongst them attaining an elevation of 3,320 feet. On its summit the vast amphitheatre formed by th
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