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Herrenwieser Schwallung

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it was periodically opened and washed the fallen logs or timber rafts downstream into the valley. Today the dam acts as a bridge over the Schwarzenbach.
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Map services of the Baden-Württemberg State Office for the Environment, Survey and Conservation (
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Die Murgschifferschaft – Geschichte des Floßhandels, des Waldes und der Holzindustrie im Murgtal
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Landesanstalt für Umwelt, Messungen und Naturschutz Baden-Württemberg
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Das Murgthal: besonders in Hinsicht auf Naturgeschichte und Statistik
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and the structure was finished with perfectly fitting, wedged
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Dam in Baden-Württemberg, Germany; Northern Black Forest
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The logs for timber rafting were hauled down tracks (
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Forbach
Rastatt
Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Northern Black Forest
48°39′20″N 8°17′25″E / 48.65569°N 8.29027°E / 48.65569; 8.29027
Catchment area
splash dam
bunter sandstone
Herrenwies
Black Forest
timber rafting
Weisenbach
stonemason
mortar
keystones
cubic metres

horses
lock
Murg
Baden-Baden
Gernsbach
Hörden
timber rafts
River Rhine
digitalised
ISBN
3-925825-20-7

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