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The Black Forest ( German: "Schwarzwald") is a wooded mountain region in southwest Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg along the Rhine River and the French border. The Black Forest is divided into three sections: northern, southern, and middle.
The highest peak in the forest is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 meters (4,898 feetA foot is a non- SI unit of distance or length. The popular belief is that original standard was the length of a man's foot. The average foot length is about 240 mm (9. 4 in) for current Europeans. About 996 of 1000 British men have a foot that is less th).
1 Destinations for tourists
Some cities popular with tourists on the western border of the Black Forest are the cities of FreiburgThis article is about Freiburg in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. There is also a village named Freiburg (Elbe) in northwestern Germany. Freiburg (Freiburg im Uechtland) is also the (Swiss-)German name of the town of Fribourg, Switzerland. Freiburg im Breisga and Baden-BadenBaden-Baden is a town in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos river, in the region of Karlsruhe. Population: 53,000 (1999). History The springs of Baden-Baden were known to the Rom; some smaller towns are Gengenbach and Stauffen . Places within the forest often visited include such mountains as the Feldberg, the Belchen , the Kandel , and the Schauinsland ; the lakes Titisee and Schluchsee ; the Triberg Waterfalls , the highest waterfalls in Germany; and the gorge of the Wutach River .
1.1 Museums
The museumA museum is a non-profit making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, and open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, material evi Vogtsbauernhöfe is an open-air museum that shows the life of a farmer in the region in the 16th15th century 16th century 17th century more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. Events Beginning of the " Little Ice Age" a cooling period that resulted in lower crop yi or 17th century, featuring a number of reconstructed Black Forest farms.
The German Clock Museum in Furtwangen shows the history of the clock industry and of the watchmakers.
2 List of highest mountains
- Feldberg (1,493 m; 4,898 ft.)
- Herzogenhorn (1,415 m; 4,642 ft.)
- Belchen (1,414 m; 4,639 ft.)
- Schauinsland (1,284 m; 4,212 ft.)
- Kandel (1,241 m; 4,072 ft.)
- Blauen (1,165 m; 3,822 ft.)
- Hornisgrinde (1,164 m; 3,819 ft.)
Geography of Germany
