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Return Museums in the Black Forest Here everyone gets his money's worth. The Black Forest is rich in culture in many respects. No wonder, then, that quite a few museums have established themselves here with various focuses such as art, crafts, history and so on. Almost all communities have at least one, often these are private collections that are made accessible to the public. It is worth mentioning that most of the museums are geared towards families and try to impart knowledge and make it tangible. So take a look, it's definitely worth it. In the following you will get a small selection of what you can marvel at here. A big topic in the Black Forest is clock-making. There is the German Clock Museum in Furtwangen. It shows with its rich inventory not only the history of clock-making in the Black Forest as well as the industry that emerged from it, but also offers particularly worth seeing pieces from all over the world. One thousand clocks are exhibited, the total stock amounts to 8,000. In Triberg there is a museum of local history with a historical clock-maker's workshop. You can also admire traditional costumes and automatic musical instruments. The monastery museum of St. Märgen offers another interesting collection of clocks. The German Phono Museum in St. Georgen highlights the products of the phonographic industry from its beginnings to modern times. On display are phonographs and gramophones, record players (not only from two well-known manufacturers that once existed in St. Georgen) and other devices from the field of consumer electronics. The museum was founded in 2011. Also in the town is the Hermann Papst Museum in the historic Mühlegg building, dedicated to the inventor and manufacturer of the same name. The tour continues in the valley of the river Kinzig. There, Wolfach offers a glass museum dedicated to glassblowing in the Black Forest. The Schüttesäge Museum in the neighboring town of Schiltach deals with rafting, tanning and the timber industry. It was opened in 1989 and contains a model of a Kinzig raft as a special exhibit. Tanning techniques are also demonstrated. There are corresponding leathers for each of these. In the open-air museum Vogtsbauernhöfe near Gutach you can visit historical Black Forest houses in all their diversity. In addition to a building that has stood on the spot since 1612, others have been added. Farms from various villages in the region served as models and have been faithfully reconstructed on the grounds of the open-air museum. Some of them were disassembled at their place of origin and their components were numbered in order to reassemble them in Gutach. So you could say it was a giant look-through puzzle. Another open-air museum is the Klausenhof Herrischried or the Resenhof in Bernau. The latter is a farm built in 1789 that has been used as a museum since 1977. In Hinterzarten there is a ski museum founded by Georg Thoma. It is located in the Hugenhof, a farmhouse more than three hundred years old, where not only the history of winter sports in the Black Forest is presented, but also exhibits on ski equipment and winter sports fashion. In the mountain Schauinsland not far from Freiburg there is a museum mine. There is also a visitor mine in Freudenstadt called "Holy Three Kings". On the Feldberg, more precisely the Seebuck, there is a ham museum located in a former radio tower. Bathing facilities from Roman times can be visited in Baden-Baden and in Hüfingen. In Pforzheim, the second largest city in the Black Forest, jewelry making is a theme. Therefore, there is a jewelry museum there. Not to forget, of course, several art museums and collections. These include the Grässlin Collection in St. Georgen, which is closely associated with the artist Martin Kippenberger, and especially the Frieder Burda Museum in Baden-Baden. Located right next to the Kunsthalle, it opened in 2004 and features classical as well as contemporary artworks and special exhibitions. The museum is very popular, not least because of its bright, light-filled rooms. Moreover, it is connected to the adjacent Kunsthalle by a bridge made of glass. Both houses offer joint events. Also quite worth seeing is the Museum Art.Plus in Donaueschingen, formerly called "Bidermannmuseum". Here contemporary art is offered in various exhibitions, showing both international and regional artists. The museum opened its doors in 2009 in a house built as early as 1841 with a varied history. Here you can get to some museums German clock museum Furtwangen Triberg local history museum German Phonomuseum St. Georgen Wolfach Glass Museum Schiltach saw museum Open-air museum Vogtsbauernhöfe Gutach Klausenhof Herrischried open-air museum Open-air museum Resenhof Bernau Hinterzarten Ski Museum Freiburg museum mine Freudenstadt visitor mine Feldberg Ham Museum Jewelry Museum Pforzheim Museum Frieder Burda Baden-Baden Museum Art.Plus Donaueschingen Hermann Papst Museum St. Georgen

Return Black Forest map This is how big this forest is The Black Forest is the largest and highest low mountain range in Germany. It is located in the southwest of Baden-Württemberg and extends over a length of 150 kilometers from the Kraichgau in the north to the High Rhine in the south. Its western border is formed by the Upper Rhine Graben, and to the east it is joined by various landscapes such as the Baar. Its total area is about 6,009 square kilometers. On the territory of the Black Forest there are several rural and urban districts. In the northwest lies the district of Rastatt, embedded in it is the city district of Baden-Baden. East of Rastatt follows the district of Karlsruhe, then the Enz district, which surrounds the city district of Pforzheim. This contains the second largest city in the Black Forest, namely Pforzheim. Further south are the districts of Calw and Freudenstadt, and a bit further south the Ortenaukreis district in the west and the Rottweil district in the east. Again more to the south, from west to east, lie the Emmendingen district and the Schwarzwald-Baar district, which extends far to the south and borders on the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen. To the south of the district of Emmendingen follow the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, embedded in it the large city of Freiburg im Breisgau, then the district of Lörrach in the extreme southwest of Baden-Württemberg and the district of Waldshut. The largest city in the Black Forest is Freiburg im Breisgau. The Black Forest is divided into a northern and a southern section, with the valley of the river Kinzig forming the border between these two regions. The northern section is up to 30 kilometers wide, while the southern section is up to 50. In the north, the highest mountain is the Hornisgrinde with 1,164 meters, while in the south it is the 1,493 meters high Feldberg, which is also the highest peak of a low mountain range in Germany and likewise the highest mountain that is not in the Alps. In total, there are over a hundred mountains in the Black Forest whose peaks rise higher than 1,000 meters above sea level. A small selection: Three mountains exceed the 1,400 meters mark: Feldberg (1,493), Herzogenhorn (1,416) and Belchen (1,414). Eleven reach more than 1,300 meters: Stübenwasen (1,389), Grafenmatte (1,376), Immisberg (1,373), Silberberg (1,359), Spießhorn (1,351), Toter Mann (1,322), Köpfle (1,321), Bärhalde (1,319), Blößling (1,309), Hochkopf (1,309) and Schweizerwald (1,305). Twenty-seven mountains are higher than 1,200, thirty higher than 1,100, and another thirty-five higher than 1,000 meters. The Black Forest is the westernmost section of the main European watershed. It divides the drainage basins of the Rhine and the Danube, with the Danube, the second longest river in Europe, originating in the Black Forest. In addition, the Neckar, the river that is considered particularly native to Baden-Württemberg, rises on the edge of the Black Forest. Similar to the Vosges Mountains in the west, the Black Forest on the eastern side of the Upper Rhine Graben has been gradually pushed upward over time. As a result, the mountains on the west side of the Black Forest rise quite steeply from the lowlands, while they slope more like hills to the east. The bedrock of the Black Forest, which rises to the surface on the western side, consists of gneiss, with some granite intercalations. Further to the east and north there is an overburden layer of red sandstone. Climatically, the Black Forest is maritime, which means that it has a lot of precipitation and rather mild winters. However, because the temperatures are lower on average than in the lowlands due to the altitude, the winters are usually cold and snowy. On the west side of the Black Forest there is more precipitation than on the east side. In winter, inversion weather often occurs at high altitudes. In the valleys it is then foggy and cold, but on the mountains sunny and mild. Therefore, especially in winter, you can enjoy a breathtaking distant view on the peaks of the Black Forest. Characteristic for the region are still the good air and a very special smell, which you will immediately notice when you visit the Black Forest. By the way, the area with the highest probability of hailstorms in Germany is also located in the Black Forest, more precisely in the Schwarzwald-Baar district. Already in the sixth century BC. Celts settled in the peripheral regions of the Black Forest. This is known from various archaeological finds, for example from near Villingen-Schwenningen. The interior of the Black Forest was considered impenetrable at that time. The Romans also saw it that way and gave this area various names. For example, it was called "Abnoba mons", i.e. "mountain (or mountains) of Abnoba", whereby Abnoba was a Celtic water goddess and was regarded in Badenweiler as the protective goddess of the healing springs. Another Latin name for the Black Forest was "Marciana silva", which probably means "border forest". But also "Silva nigra" was in use, "black forest", referring to the impenetrability of the primeval forest. In any case, there is evidence that the Black Forest was called as it is today in Old High German as early as the ninth century. The Romans did not settle the interior of the Black Forest, but they did build a road in the Kinzig valley to connect their settlements in Strasbourg and Rottweil. Most likely, it also served mining, which was already practiced in the Kinzig valley in Roman times, as well as troop movements. Otherwise, the Romans built some settlements on the edges of the low mountain range, mainly with baths. It is assumed that the Alemanni settled the Black Forest for the first time from the eighth century. At that time an improvement of the climate occurred. Already in the tenth century, higher valleys were developed. However, the Upper Black Forest, i.e. the area surrounding the Feldberg massif, remained deserted until the Middle Ages. Today, the Black Forest is known and extremely popular with tourists primarily because of its many forests, good, healing air and several cultural features. Black Forest cake is eaten almost everywhere in the world, the cuckoo clock with its characteristic bird call is a prized souvenir, and successful winter athletes from this region have won medals. You can easily get through the Black Forest by car or train. Thus, there are some very famous vacation routes that lead to popular destinations. The Black Forest High Road, about sixty kilometers long, begins in Baden-Baden, then runs southeast on the B500 to Freudenstadt. It passes the Hornisgrinde, the highest mountain in the northern Black Forest, and crosses the Black Forest National Park. It is the oldest vacation road in the Black Forest. There is also the German Clock Road. It links the places where the watchmaking craft was alive, passes Furtwangen with the German Watch Museum, as well as Lenzkirch, Rottweil, St. Georgen, St. Peter, Titisee-Neustadt and Triberg. Railroad lines are mostly of high tourist value in the Black Forest because of the reduced travel speeds due to the climbs. Famous are the Black Forest Railway from Offenburg to Constance and the Höllental Railway from Freiburg to Donaueschingen. Trips with museum trains are offered on the Sauschwänzlebahn (or Wutachtalbahn) from Immendingen to Waldshut-Tiengen. In addition, there are a lot of smaller branch lines, in the main they branch off from the Upper Rhine Railway.

Return bear Now you must be rubbing your eyes. Are there really bears here? No, the animals are no longer found in the Black Forest, but they have left many traces in the culture of the region with their thick paws. Thus, you will find many inns called "bears" here, as well as fountains and squares. Also worth mentioning is the Bärental Valley not far from the Feldberg. It is known not least for its abundance of snow in winter, which can sometimes become a problem for traffic. How the valley got its name, however, cannot be clarified. There is also a "Bärhalde" with some bogs near the Feldberg. Since 1120, Freiburg has had the "red bear", an inn that boasts of being the oldest in all of Germany. The bear is the largest land predator on earth. The quadruped with the muscular back and stubby tail can grow up to 1.5 meters high and weigh a maximum of 250 kilos, although there are also much smaller specimens. Bears eat not only meat, but also berries, grasses as well as honey, which they steal from beehives. In the Black Forest, as well as in Europe in general, the brown bear was native. He, like all bears, can climb and swim well. In summer and autumn he has to eat a layer of fat, which he needs for the winter. In the cold season it hibernates and therefore cannot look for food. Unlike lynx and beaver, the brown bear is unlikely to return to the Black Forest, as its presence would cause too many problems. After all, an adult animal is potentially dangerous to humans. Only a few years ago there was "Bruno, the problem bear", which caused a big fuss in Bavaria and had to be shot in the end.