The international geography . e importantfrom its position at a crossing of trade routes, the roads from Bohemiathrough the Landeshut Pass, and from the :March through Glatz, meetthere and cross the Oder in the direction of Posen. Berlin.—Berlin has grown as the seat of the Hohenzollerns in thecentre of Mark Brandenburg, increasing in importance with the of the Brandenburg-Prussian state. Its position on the Spree hasassisted its development as a commercial town from an early period ; evenin the thirteenth century it shipped wheat to Hamburg, and now, by meansof canals from the
The international geography . e importantfrom its position at a crossing of trade routes, the roads from Bohemiathrough the Landeshut Pass, and from the :March through Glatz, meetthere and cross the Oder in the direction of Posen. Berlin.—Berlin has grown as the seat of the Hohenzollerns in thecentre of Mark Brandenburg, increasing in importance with the of the Brandenburg-Prussian state. Its position on the Spree hasassisted its development as a commercial town from an early period ; evenin the thirteenth century it shipped wheat to Hamburg, and now, by meansof canals from the Spree and Havel to the Oder, goods can be carried cheaplyover the whole Elbe and Oder river systems, a very important considerationfor the supply of food and fuel to the city. The full advantages of situationonly appeared in the nineteenth century, when the level stretches of thenorth-east plain, equidistant between the coast and the highlands, developeda system of direct hues of communication with Hamburg and Breslau, with. 296 The International Geography the Halle-Leipzig lowland bay and Stettin. Thus Berlin naturally be-came the greatest centre of radiating railway lines in Central Europe, indirect touch with every capital on the Continent (see Fig. 54), a huge com-mercial city, the head-quarters of German banking, and one of the chiefindustrial towns of Europe, especially for the manufacture of clothing andartistic articles, in fact, half the population live by its the Great made Berlin a leading town in the scientific andartistic world, a position it has since maintained and improved. Includingthe suburbs and the inseparable town of CJiarlottenburg on the west, thetotal population of Berlin is at least 2,000,000, making it second in sizeonly to Paris amongst the cities of continental Europe. ^M MJ ^to^L^^^^ i^,^*.^ DajE^^^ ^^^3 m M^-^/mr^ (mg=^^KL£-SSS Fig. 150.—The Surroundings of Berlin. STATISTICS. AREA AND POPULATION OF THE GERMAN STATES. Ar
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