6 o o G E RMA N STATES, .
M o un t a in s .
Bergffirafs,
Wurtemtmi
®.
B la ck Foreft.
granite alfo •abopnd.s,; with porphyry, fiate, and other primitive -fub-
ftances,* „"The metals will -be confidered in the, account of each
country.
Among the' G erman mountains to the S. of the Mayn may firft be
named the JBergftfaft, a rje^e pafling 'from near Manheim to the yin
icinity of Frankfort, and accompanied by a high way commanding prof.
pe£ts of wide extent. On the eaft are the -high hills «-of Odenwald.'lr
Further to the S. are' the mountains of Wurtemburg', riling b6th ioh;
the E. and W. of that extenfive duehy*fl:!@n' the W. the mountains
form a continuation of thofe of the Black Foreft, which hence proceeds
foufch to the Rhine* being the mount Ahnoha of Tacitus, whenceiihje;
juftly derives the fource of the Danube $ and the -Helvetian'foreft.of
Ptolemy. The mountains of the Black Foreft^ iti German Schwarz*
wald, extend from near Neuenburg, in the -territories of Wurtemburg,
loath to the four foreft towns on the Rhine.® Theb Southern part ia
caKed the High, and the northern the Lower1’ foreft : the length being
about 80 Britifh raiks. To the E. the Necker may be ctftifidered-ias a
boundary; Mid the breadth may be computed at; about 2:0 <Britiflb nsi lesl
The eaftern part, as ufual, prefents a gradual elevation; awhile :th?e
weftern fhows precipitous fummits to the inhabitants .of Baden and
Allace. The appellation feems to arife from. tfee,#ick dark fqrpfts .yyith
which the afeents are doathed. 3 Befides pafturagq, ih^ririhabitants,
(partly- ruled by Auftria, partly byi Wurtemburg,) .derive, advantage
from the rofin of the pines, and the timber, of which Ahey. make talli
kinds of utenfils. Some parts are cultivated by fpreadiag branches o£
pine, covered with fod, which being burnt an excellent manure prepares
the ground for fpur abundant harvefts, A branch o f , rim ‘ Blaek
Mountains fpreads E. from near Sulz on the Necker towards.,the county
* A t Pohlberg in Saxony bafaltic columns reft on gneifs ;■ and thcrfe o f 1 Stblpe, in the fame
country, rife without articulation to the amazing height o f 300 feet./ Kirwan. Geo. E lf. 248
.— 250. In the v a lle y o f Plauen are feveral co.al mines ; and there is alfo coal in Halverftadt,"a'
country far to.the N . W . Ib . 302-308. m
-j- See the above pifturefque paflage o f Riefbeck, who fays, that from the Alkonige r he faw,
w ;th the riling fun, the fummits o f Oden wald and SpeiTavt, appearing at a diftance.like ifles o f
fire, while the wide intermediate Vale was in darknefs. | On the other hand the profpeft extended
aB far as D onneiberg, in th e Palatinate.
I Bufehing, viii. 481.
2 of
of <Eti^gen^'e|^|iore thap miles in length. Thisichain^ called
f t ^effmes-the guabian, A}pS. ! Bufdhiffci'. traces- this ridge
■ Jpm, T^xtremky, Ithei'fource(b£the Brenz, to the wdlofthe
^ 7|%#eig,syrke35e; Che mountains* are higheft. Thence
g g f i g y N. W. g n y f f l g g K l l NeifEen,' *he«ee th ey '|ffi
hj^fen^Qllera, t < A g | | | |& thenibend.S! 8and W. betweeh that
river and the D an u b ^ B u ||in g adds,‘th aag h ls chain rife's mfeJflbly
at KonigflDEoun N. E. fo^igpduajly terminates atEbftigeriB. W. The
P a lp a l, funimi'tsareinthe^ and W.’bf foréftsa^echiefly,
Jree^h, while the open fpaces fupplyvpaftiirage'for numerous
npgks.ol;ftieep. , • ,
,%fe;,tw,o_ ^fenfive radges oF mountains, 4 he-Black FSrèfi?/ and
the. Alb, a pbnljderable portion; p'eiwades the' dufchy ©f Wurtemburg'.*
an^l near.^tutgard, the capital*, the mountains of Boyférfteig, Wein-
fteig, and Hafenfteig. , The. conftituent pkrt's of thefè ridges
have .been I^trle.,detailed j but a;great-part i&,calcareous,- as-they fnpply
excellent.marble?, Near Frudenftadt i-nctfee BlacEMountains-Are mines
of.filver
The foutli; eaft. of this, portion of Germany is^bohndédTV thé.Tngh-M
mountains of Bavaria M p l or SalzBurg ; (b e%feWhes:or con-'
tinuations’ pf'the Swifs .or'Tyrolefe Alps, bfo‘*kithb^t‘geijerar fppel-
laqtgs, .Jerher t&ys that the high I mountains^
on Tyrol, are granite whence, as ufua'1, S g f f l a t h m ^ d ^ ^ Y n ’
the iower parts, j 'Large pieces *of gréfijigrtfeh quartz '^reTbuhd ]
with red .tranfparent garnets, and at Munchfen W Muhricji0ire’wbrked '
intpr elegant fnuff hoxes. Some' hills- near- Regenfbui|f of R&i’ihon
.are, cafeareous 5 ,hhttowards Bohemia t \ e f
Of^he A|ps of Sakburg an account has beeh piibliftied' hy ‘Vierthaler'
whence it j wouliideem that they' -êxoéfed, 1nf‘ htighr®/'''éirpathikn ^
chain pr the Pyreneesj and only yield to the Swifs ‘and' 'Tyrófeie XlpsV?
The. higheft fummits-are faid ‘to he the SonnenhKtkffhfe Ankogel, ther ’
Wifhacber fforh, énd the’ Lofflerrin the S^lupei1* ‘Evêii^the^^t^ta'M
thefe in, height, the Hohe Nan, or- .the'iHëckh-Ötn, iV cörripiü^^at' J
10633 feet abovp the fes ; .énd the GrplTe Ei.ogeL in;Rauris at«9RQbV J
,0 'pou rnj Iljaly, 325»