. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. CHAPTER YI. THURINGIA AND THE HAKZ. (Hesse-Cassel, Thuringia, Erfurt, Southern Hanover, and Brunswick.)* General Aspects, Mountains, and HAT portion of Germany whicli separates the south from the north, the basin of the Danube from those of the Weser and Elbe, forms a distinct region, historically and geographically. Though abound- ing in easy passes, it has for ages formed a world apart, around which political and social life has had a development of its own. As a barrier of separation between north and south, Thuringia proved all the mo
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. CHAPTER YI. THURINGIA AND THE HAKZ. (Hesse-Cassel, Thuringia, Erfurt, Southern Hanover, and Brunswick.)* General Aspects, Mountains, and HAT portion of Germany whicli separates the south from the north, the basin of the Danube from those of the Weser and Elbe, forms a distinct region, historically and geographically. Though abound- ing in easy passes, it has for ages formed a world apart, around which political and social life has had a development of its own. As a barrier of separation between north and south, Thuringia proved all the more efficacious, as the mountains of Bohemia advance there like a bastion far towards the west. In Europe the tendency of migratory tribes has always been to follow the path of the sun, and hence they passed either to the north or south of Thuringia, without interfering with the tribes who had settled in its valleys. Owing to the great diversity of the country, and its many river basins, these tribes grouped themselves into independent communities, and this accounts for the complication of existing political boundaries. Saxe-Weimar, for instance, consists of three main portions, with twenty-four outlying bits of territory. * Hesse-Cassel (Prussian district of Cassel) . Principality of Waldeck ..... Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar Duchy of Saxe-l\Ieiningen .... ,, Saxe-Altenburg .... „ Saxe-Coburg-Gotha .... Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt . ,, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen „ Eeuss, senior branch ,, Eeuss, junior .... Prussian district of Erfurt .... Circles of the Harz (Prussian province of Hanover) Hilly part of the Duchy of Brunswick Principality of Lippe-Detmold .... „ Schaumburg Lippe . Total Area. Sq. Miles. 3,902 Populalinn. 1875. 788,886 Inhabitants to a Sq. M. 202 433 54,743 126 1,387 292,933 211 952 194,494 204 510 145,844 286 760 182,599 240 365 76,676 210 333 67,480 203 122 46,985 385 320 92,375 288 1,363 385,499 283 1,533 298,450 191 616 110,060 178 459 112,452 2
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