Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-04
0BERNDORf GUN PLANT
WAS MONASTERY ONCE
L in Heart Of Black Forest and
Among People More Noted
for Making Toys.

In connection with the recent air raid
on the German town of Oberndorf, in
which the American aviator, Norman
Prince, serving in the French flying
CORPS lost his life, the National Geo
graphic Society has issued the follow
ing war geography bulletin:
THE Mauser rifle factory. which was
the objective Of the air raiders, Who
few over the Black forest to the quaint
little Wurttemberg town Of oberndorf
recently. was once an Ausustinian
but long before the present
war began its halls had ceased to shell
ter holy fathers. GunmaKing has been
IN established industry of this city on
the Neckar for number Of years. and
only q few miles 90 the south there is
m important powder factory.
"Oberndorf lies forty miles east OF
the great French fortress OF Epinal It
is fifty-seven miles by rail southwest
of Stuttgart on the line which runs 70
'chauffhausen. sixty.six miles distant.
The Neckar flows beneath the town, to
the east. =.
Near Home Of Auerbach. p.
cit is only fifteen miles from obern-
dorf to the birthplace and place Of
burial Of the famous novelist Of peasant
life in the Black Forest, Berthoid
,uerbach. Nordstettin is the name OF
he little village which gave to the
world the author Of 'Auf der Hohe' ION
he Heights) and the 'Schwarzwalder
Dorfgeschichten.' ::
+. I'm the opposite direction. to the
,outh, is Rottweil, eleven miles distant.
n ancient town with 10000 Inhabitants,
which was free imperial CITY as Tar raa
,ack as the thirteenth century Inc
-ownspeople are largely engaged In tine
manufacture Of powder. locomotives ana
machinery, besides conducting an ac-
i've trade in wines and live stock. a
own hall and two churcnes or .ne u,H .
examples of old German art ana scuip-
tnre while a striking bit OF roman
mosaic recalls the fact that an ancient
oman. colony once existeuthree
as of a mile south OF the eo"h' a.
Boutwell, Altstadt.
Real Industries More Peaceful.
"wht,e guns are made at Oberndorf
Ind sunpowder at Rottwell, the people OF
ibis part Of Germany are more at nome
in the manufacture Of clocks, watches
,oys and musical Instruments.
every valley and mountain OF TINS
-egion has contributed its legend or folk
tale to enrich German literature The
forests of fir are supposed to be the abode
# the nike and of witches. But OF more
interest to the practical minded Is the re-
narkable system of roads Wnlch threads
III this uart of Wurttemberg. Every val
lev has its stream and alongside every
stream is a wonderfully graded. perfectly
l. ant road fifteen feet wide, resembling
the tiriveways in the most famous of oui
American parks. These roads are con-
SANITY tended by peasant army of road
members, whose daily wage amounts to
Ibout so cents.
iFo-estry is one Of the chief sources of
-svenue for the numerous small towns
like Oijerndorf, and the conservation OF
tree wealth has been developed to an al
most exact science. Both on the royal
fand and in the community forests the
mount of timbe- cut annually ie not IL
owed to exceed the annual growth. Nu-
merous f1r tree nurseries are scattered
throughout the region.