1882/01/01 by James C. Christie · 1 citation
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paper · doi:10.1144/transglas.6.2.254
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Although belonging to the kingdom of Wurtemberg, the remarkable cone known as the Hohentwiel, with the ruined fortress on its summit, and a narrow fringe of land around its base, stands in, and is entirely surrounded by, the territory of the grand duchy of Baden. It is about two miles N.W. of Singen, which lies in the very south of Baden, only a few miles N.W. of Constance, on the lake of the same name, otherwise known as the Boden See, of which on a clear day it commands a splendid view, extending as far as the Tyrolese Alps in the S.E., and the Bernese Oberland and Mont Blanc in the S.W. As the railway which leads from Constance to Schaffhausen affords a passing glimpse of the imposing grandeur of the Hohentwiel, the progress of thousands of travellers is yearly arrested, and they alight at Singen to pay a flying visit to the highly-picturesque peak, crowned by its extensive and venerable fortress, now in ruins for 80 years. The interest which it excites is not of modern date, for the visitors’ book contains entries from 1652 to 1799, recording the visits of princes, dukes, barons, counts, and courtiers without number, some of whose descendants have attained a world-wide celebrity, for we find here the autograph of Jean Adolph Baron de Kielmans Egge, whose name has been rendered immortal in Hood’s poem, “Miss Kilmansegg.” The Baron seems to have been a student of both nature and human nature, for he writes This 250-word extract was created in the absence of an abstract