. The earth and its inhabitants .. . '»° 2j * of r, 2 Miles. called the " arsenal " of Germany. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries it supplied vast quantities of armour, and during the Seven Years' "War furnished both Austria and Prussia with swords. It still manufactures arms of every description, including rifles, though far inferior now to Essen and Solingen. Sehmalkalden (6,185 inhabitants), like Suhl, lies in a tributary valley of the "Werra, and owes its prosperity to its iron works. The outer physiognomy of the town has undergone but little change since 1531,
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . '»° 2j * of r, 2 Miles. called the " arsenal " of Germany. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries it supplied vast quantities of armour, and during the Seven Years' "War furnished both Austria and Prussia with swords. It still manufactures arms of every description, including rifles, though far inferior now to Essen and Solingen. Sehmalkalden (6,185 inhabitants), like Suhl, lies in a tributary valley of the "Werra, and owes its prosperity to its iron works. The outer physiognomy of the town has undergone but little change since 1531, in which year the Pro- testant princes met there to combine against Charles V. There are salt works at Sehmalkalden, but those of Salzungen (3,724 inhabitants), on the Werra, are far more important. Near the latter is the favourite watering-place of Liehen- stein.
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