The Rhine, its valley and history . in the MiddleAges it should have held the seats of these petty princes,set in the midst of the greater powers of Trier, Mainz,and the Palatinate. Their little territories passed forthe most part to the Palatinate, and were ultimatelydivided between Prussia and Bavaria when the Nahevalley was made a boundary in 18 14. At Oberstein on the upper Nahe, the river passesbetween lofty cliffs crowned with the ruined castles ofthe barons of Oberstein. In this portion of its coursethe Nahe is for the most part the boundary of the littleprincipality of Birkenfeld, whic
The Rhine, its valley and history . in the MiddleAges it should have held the seats of these petty princes,set in the midst of the greater powers of Trier, Mainz,and the Palatinate. Their little territories passed forthe most part to the Palatinate, and were ultimatelydivided between Prussia and Bavaria when the Nahevalley was made a boundary in 18 14. At Oberstein on the upper Nahe, the river passesbetween lofty cliffs crowned with the ruined castles ofthe barons of Oberstein. In this portion of its coursethe Nahe is for the most part the boundary of the littleprincipality of Birkenfeld, which now belongs to thedistant Duchy of Oldenburg. At the very source ofthe river there rises to a height of nearly 2,000 feet aremarkable volcanic hill, the Schaumberg, which com-mands views over the Nahe country in one direction,and over the Saar country in the other, for it standson the water-parting. The railway from Bingen andCreuznach by way of the Nahe valley, rejoins the linefrom Creuznach by way ot Kaiserslautern and the 134. The Moselle and the Upper MenseLandstuhlerbruck, at Neunkirchen, which is the firstconsiderable place on the coal-field. No single greattown forms the centre of this industrial area, butseveral neighbouring towns, each of some 30,000 in-habitants, St Johann, Burbach-Malstadt, and Saarbruck,together make a considerable nucleus of population. It was behind Saarbruck that the right of the Ger-man army assembled in 1870, the left being in theRhine Valley between Landau and Weissenburg. Southof Saarbruck, as a consequence, beyond the River Saarand on the heights of Spicheren, the initial battle ofthe campaign of the right wing took place, correspon-ding to the battles of Weissenburg and Worth of theleft wing. The army of the Saar advanced on Metz andfought the battle of Courcelles immediately to the eastof the fortress, while the army of the Rhine came upfrom Zabern and Pfalzburg and crossed the Moselle atPont-a-Mousson to south of Metz, from which pointi
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