. The earth and its inhabitants .. . IO"l t: of G 25 Miles. 1. Saxe-Weimar. 2. Saxe-Coburg-Qolha 3. Saxe-Meiningen. 4 Saxo-Altenburg. 5. Schwarzburg-Sondershansen. 6. Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. 7. Eeuss, senior branch. 8. „ junior branch. 9. Hesse- 10. Prussian Saxony. 11. Kingdom of Saxony. 12. Bavaria. 13. Bohemia. they exist no longer, and Prussia, which has secured a footing in Thuringia, has largely contributed to that result. Hence, in considering this central region of Germany, we shall discard arbitrary political divisions, and adhere to those traced out bj'' nature. The geological f
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . IO"l t: of G 25 Miles. 1. Saxe-Weimar. 2. Saxe-Coburg-Qolha 3. Saxe-Meiningen. 4 Saxo-Altenburg. 5. Schwarzburg-Sondershansen. 6. Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. 7. Eeuss, senior branch. 8. „ junior branch. 9. Hesse- 10. Prussian Saxony. 11. Kingdom of Saxony. 12. Bavaria. 13. Bohemia. they exist no longer, and Prussia, which has secured a footing in Thuringia, has largely contributed to that result. Hence, in considering this central region of Germany, we shall discard arbitrary political divisions, and adhere to those traced out bj'' nature. The geological formation of the Thuringian Forest is varied, but in their contours the hills exhibit much uniformity. The back-bone of the range consists of granite and porphyry, rising above the sedimentary strata, and extending in a straight line from the banks of the AYerra, in the north-west, to the plateau of the Franconian Forest, or Frankenw^ald, in the south-east, a distance of 1"J0
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