Editing Geography of Württemberg

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[[Württemberg]], a hilly rather than a mountainous region, forms part of the South [[Germany|German]] [[Plateaus|tableland]], also referred to as the [[Swiss plateau]]. The undulating fertile terraces of [[Upper Swabia|Upper]] and Lower [[Swabia]] typify this agricultural region. Estimates of land form proportions count a quarter of the entire area as plain, less than one-third as mountainous, and nearly one-half as hill-country.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=856}}

*Average elevation above sea level: {{convert|1640|ft|m}}
*Lowest point: [[Bottingen]] {{convert|410|ft|m}}, where the [[Neckar]] leaves Württemberg
*Highest point: the [[Katzenkopf]] {{convert|3775|ft|m}}, on the Hornisgrinde, on the western border

==Orography==

The chief mountains include the [[Black Forest]] on the west, the [[Swabian Alb]] or Rauhe Alb stretching across the middle of the area from south-west to north-east, and the [[Adelegg]] mountains in the extreme south-east, adjoining the [[Allgäu Alps]] in [[Bavaria]]. The Rauhe Alb (or Alp) slopes gradually down into the plateau on its southern side, but on the north it appears sometimes rugged and steep, its line broken by isolated projecting hills. The highest summits, the Lemberg {{convert|3326|ft|m}}, the Ober-Hohenberg {{convert|3312|ft|m}} and the Plettenberg {{convert|3293|ft|m}}, lie in the southwest.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=856}}

To the south of the Swabian Alb the plateau of [[Upper Swabia]] stretches to [[Lake Constance]] and eastwards across the [[Iller]] into Bavaria. Between the Alb and the Black Forest in the north-west lie the fertile terraces of Lower Swabia, which continue north-eastwards into [[Franconia]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=856}}

==Hydrography==

About 70% of Württemberg belongs to the basin of the [[Rhine]], and about 30% to that of the [[Danube]]. The main river, the [[Neckar]], flows northward for {{convert|186|mi|km}} through the area to join the Rhine, draining with its tributaries (notably the rivers Rems, Kocher and Jagst) 57% of the former state of Württemberg. The Danube flows from east to west across southern Württemberg, a distance of {{convert|65|mi|km}}, a small section of which crosses through former [[Hohenzollern]] territory. Just above [[Ulm]] the river [[Iller]], which forms the boundary between Bavaria and Württemberg for about {{convert|35|mi|km}}, joins the Danube. The [[Tauber]] in the north-east joins the [[Main (river)|Main]]; the Argen and Schussen in the south flow into Lake Constance.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=856}}

The lakes of Württemberg, except those in the [[Black Forest]], all lie south of the Danube. The largest is the [[Federsee]] (2.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), near [[Bad Buchau]]. About one-fifth of [[Lake Constance]] forms Württemberg territory.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=856}}

[[Mineral spring]]s abound; most famously at the spa of [[Wildbad]], in the Black Forest.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=856}}

==References==
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* {{EB1911 |wstitle=Württemberg |volume=28|pages=856–859}}

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