. The earth and its inhabitants .. . LL that portion of Germany which to the north of Thuringia, Saxony, and the Giant Mountains extends to the shores of the Baltic, possesses great uniformity of geographical features. The foot-hills of the Harz and the barren heaths of Liineburg bound it in the west, whilst a wooded upland, abounding in lakes, separates it from Russia in the east. The climatic frontier towards Russia is well defined, for to the east of Baltic Prussia the winters increase rapidly in severity. The whole of the country from the Elbe to the Vistula is a level plain. Thus communic
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . LL that portion of Germany which to the north of Thuringia, Saxony, and the Giant Mountains extends to the shores of the Baltic, possesses great uniformity of geographical features. The foot-hills of the Harz and the barren heaths of Liineburg bound it in the west, whilst a wooded upland, abounding in lakes, separates it from Russia in the east. The climatic frontier towards Russia is well defined, for to the east of Baltic Prussia the winters increase rapidly in severity. The whole of the country from the Elbe to the Vistula is a level plain. Thus communication in all directions meets with no obstacles, whilst the Elbe opens out the country towards the north-west. Hamburg, the great maritime city of Germany, has arisen near its mouth. One physically, this region has now likewise become one politically, for the few small states which Prussia has suffered to exist in her midst enjoy but an apparent independence. The natural advantages possessed by this extensive region are inferior to those of Central or Southern Germany, and even now the population it supports is less dense than we meet with in Saxony, Wurttemberg, or the Rhine- land. It increases, however, and large towns are becoming more numerous. The spurs of the Harz die away on the Saale, and only near Halle do we meet with a few hills. Far more considerable are the spurs which the Giant Mountains Prussian territories Anhalt ..... Lauenburg Hamburg, exclusive of Ritzebiittel Lubeck ..... Principality of Lubeck (Oldenburg) Mecklenburg-Schwerin „ -Strelitz . Total . Area. Sq. Miles. 86,266 Population. 1875. 15,041, InlLibitants. to the Sq. Mile 174 907 237 48,800 108 126 1,661 109 56,912 622 201 34,085 170 5,136 553,785 108 1,131 95,673 85 94,328 16,409,732 174
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