. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 356 GERMANY. ' land to HoUingstedt, on the Treene, and re-erabarked. The castle of Gottorp stands on an island in the centre of Schleswig. Flenshurg (26,474 inhabitants), a more important place than Schleswig, stands at the head of a fiord accessible to large vessels, and is hence a prosperous town. Sonderburg (5,829 inhabitants), the capital of the island of Alsen, likewise carries on a considerable commerce. A bridge 820 feet in length connects it with the mainland. Opposite to it are the famous entrenchments of Diippel (Dybel), so valiantly def
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 356 GERMANY. ' land to HoUingstedt, on the Treene, and re-erabarked. The castle of Gottorp stands on an island in the centre of Schleswig. Flenshurg (26,474 inhabitants), a more important place than Schleswig, stands at the head of a fiord accessible to large vessels, and is hence a prosperous town. Sonderburg (5,829 inhabitants), the capital of the island of Alsen, likewise carries on a considerable commerce. A bridge 820 feet in length connects it with the mainland. Opposite to it are the famous entrenchments of Diippel (Dybel), so valiantly defended in 1S49 and 1864. Apenrade (Habenraa, 6,142 inhabitants), like nearly all the towns on that coast, is situate on a bay, which offers, however, but little security to vessels. The fiord of Haderskbrn (Haderslev, 8,356 inhabitants), still farther north, is winding, narrow, and of little depth. Tondern (3,440 inhabitants), the principal North Sea port of Northern Schleswig, lies on a channel which communicates with the sea only at high Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
Size: 1262px × 1980px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade18, booksubjectgeography, bookyear1883
