In all the books the fossil beds are said to be at Oeningen,

which is the name of a once celebrated Augustinian monastery
about two miles away
In all the books the fossil beds are said to be at Oeningen,
which is the name of a once celebrated Augustinian monastery
about two miles away. Actually, however, the locality is above
the village of Wangen, which is situated on the north bank of
the river. In some quite recent writings Oeningen (Wangen) is
referred to as being in Switzerland; it is in Baden, though the
opposite bank of the Rhine is Swiss. The error is natural,
since the fossils have chiefly been made known by the great
Swiss paleontologist Heer, of Zurich, and the best general
account of them is to be found in his book 'The Primaeval World
of Switzerland,' of which an excellent English translation
appeared in 1876.


title=TC98167 IN THE MATTER OF PROVIDIAN GROUP