The earth and its inhabitants .. . earthitsinhabita386recl Year: 1883 WESTPHALIA. 215 towns of all Germany, has singularly lagged behind in this race for pre-eminence. In the fifteenth century Soest had 50,000 inhabitants, and its ancient 'customs' enjoyed a high reputation in the towns of Northern Germany. Situate half-way between the Rhine and the Weser, on the fertile plateau of the Hellweg, and having easy access to the valley of the Lippe in the north, and to that of the Ruhr in the south, Soest enjoyed peculiar natural advantages, and soon acquired considerable wealth. Unna (7,oJ3 inhab
The earth and its inhabitants .. . earthitsinhabita386recl Year: 1883 WESTPHALIA. 215 towns of all Germany, has singularly lagged behind in this race for pre-eminence. In the fifteenth century Soest had 50,000 inhabitants, and its ancient 'customs' enjoyed a high reputation in the towns of Northern Germany. Situate half-way between the Rhine and the Weser, on the fertile plateau of the Hellweg, and having easy access to the valley of the Lippe in the north, and to that of the Ruhr in the south, Soest enjoyed peculiar natural advantages, and soon acquired considerable wealth. Unna (7,oJ3 inhabitants), on the same plateau, half-way Fig-. 123.—The Hellweg. Scale 1 : 410,000. 5 Jliles. between Soest and Dortmund, shares in these advantages, but, like its more powerful neighbour, it has not participated in the progress of the towns placed within easj^ reach of coal and iron. Ariisherg (5,486 inhabitants), the chief place of the Sauerland, is likewise an ancient town. Situate on the Upper Ruhr, beyond the coal basin named after that river, it has remained a small place. Quite in the east of the country, in the basin of the Weser, rises the Marsberg, upon which tradition places Irminsul, the Saxon idol orerthrown by Charlemagne,
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