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The Black Forest (German: Schwarzwald [ˈʃvaʁt͡svalt] ⓘ) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is the source of the Danube and Neckar rivers.
- Black Forest (Disambiguation)
Black Forest ham, a variety of smoked ham; Films. Black...
- Black Forest Horse
The Black Forest Horse is always chestnut with a flaxen mane...
- Alemanni
Area settled by the Alemanni, and sites of Roman–Alemannic...
- Black Forest Gateau
Black Forest gâteau (German: Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte...
- Military Fortifications
Reconstruction of a baroque schanze near Gersbach (Southern...
- Black Forest Farmhouse
The farm of Vogtsbauernhof in the eponymous open-air museum...
- Black Forest (Disambiguation)
The Black Forest National Park (German: Nationalpark Schwarzwald) is a national park in the state of Baden-Württemberg in the southwest of Germany. It has an area of 10,062 hectares (100.62 km 2 ; 38.85 sq mi) and is located on the main crest of the Northern Black Forest , mainly between the Black Forest High Road (Schwarzwaldhochstraße) and ...
- 10,062 ha (24,860 acres)
- 1 January 2014
The Black Forest ( German: Schwarzwald [ ˈʃvaʁt͡svalt] ⓘ) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is the source of the Danube and Neckar rivers.
The Black Forest ( German: Schwarzwald) is a world famous forest in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [1] Important towns are (from north to south): Pforzheim, Calw, Baden-Baden, Offenburg, Freudenstadt, Horb, Villingen-Schwenningen, Titisee-Neustadt and Waldshut-Tiengen. The highest mountain is the Feldberg (1492m).
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The Black Forest ( German: Schwarzwald) is located in the southwest corner of Germany in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, which contains the namesake low, forested mountain range and warm, sunny lowlands at its foot. It is known as one of Germany's most beautiful and favourite destinations.
The first cartographic mention of the Black Forest can be found in the Tabula Peutingeriana from the 4th century. The Romans called it Schwarzwald back then when Marciana Silva, which means border forest (from German marka, “border”). Probably described the Black Forest the border to the area of the Marcomanni ("border people") who settled ...