Black Forest
A view in the Middle Black Forest.
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 feet).
The Black Forest is known worldwide as the area where the Grimm fairy tales originated. In olden times, witches, gnomes, spirits, and the
Krampus were thought to live here.
Destinations for tourists
Some cities popular with tourists on the western border of the Black Forest are
the cities of Freiburg and Baden-Baden; 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.
Museums
The museum Vogtsbauernhöfe is an open-air museum that shows the life of a farmer in the region in the
16th 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.
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.)
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