The international geography . or of East Prussia, and in winter whenthe Russian harbours are frozen up, there is great traffic by railway to theBaltic provinces of Russia. Danzig is not only the great commercialcentre of West Prussia, but is important as the seaport of Russian Poland,exporting the wood and wheat brought down the Vistula. Stettin i^similarly not only the chief seaport of Pomerania but of an extensivehinterland, even to a certain extent serving as the Baltic port of Berlin,since it is the most southerly point which sea-going vessels can reach fromjtlje Baltic, and the navigable
The international geography . or of East Prussia, and in winter whenthe Russian harbours are frozen up, there is great traffic by railway to theBaltic provinces of Russia. Danzig is not only the great commercialcentre of West Prussia, but is important as the seaport of Russian Poland,exporting the wood and wheat brought down the Vistula. Stettin i^similarly not only the chief seaport of Pomerania but of an extensivehinterland, even to a certain extent serving as the Baltic port of Berlin,since it is the most southerly point which sea-going vessels can reach fromjtlje Baltic, and the navigable Oder is linked by canals to all parts ofnorthern Germany, including the Elbe system. Lilbeck, on the, Trave,which falls into the head of the Baltic bay, which reaches farthest to the south-west, has since \hQtime of the HanseaticLeague been a favouritecentre for Baltic the North Seacoast the ports are thesmall Emden at themouth of the Ems, andthe great harbours,Bremen and Hamburg,which in happy rivalryBremen has only. Fig. 148.—Hamburg. command the whole German trade witli America recently been made accessible to the largest sea-going vessels by the deepening of the lower Weser ; but Hamburg receives the greater share The German Empire 295 of the trade on account of its situation on the most south-easterly inlet ofthe North Sea where the Elbe allows of easy anchorage for ships of anydraught, and because of the cheap water-transport by which goods can beforwarded to the interior of the country ; so it has become the greatestseaport on the continent of Europe, and now realises the benefits of beingno longer separated from the rest of the country by a Customs large town AUoiia, in Schleswig-Holstcin, shares the favourablesituation of Hamburg, and is now united with it by continuous streets. Inland Towns of the North German Low Plain.—Withinrecent years the coal-fields of the Ruhr valley have enabled many of thetowns of the lower Rhine district to become gr
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