March 20, 2013 | 0 Comments

Black Forest in Germany

The Black Forest is a mountainous area located in the southwest of Germany in the Land of Baden Württemberg. The Black Forest extends from the so called border triangle the area where the the borders of Switzerland meet with France and Germany in a northerly direction for about 160 km along the Rhine pit. The river Kinzig represents the boundary between the northern Black Forest, called Nordschwarzwald, and the Middle Black Forest, Schwarzwald Mittlerer while the river Dreisam separates the southern Black Forest, called Südschwarzwald, which has the highest peaks of the relief.

Black Forest railroad

Black Forest House

What cities are located in the Black Forest? The cities of Freiburg and Baden as well as the towns of Gengenbach, Staufen and Schoenwald. Other tourist destinations and accommodation are the Titisee and Schluchsee. Virtually the entire area of the Black Forest is included in two natural parks. The natural park of the north central Black Forest and the southern Black Forest nature park.

Black Forest Panorama

Black Forest Temple

Black Forest Town

The village museum in Gutach Vogtsbauernhof is the oldest open air museum of Baden Württemberg. It shows how the life of the inhabitants of the Black Forest was between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. The museum was founded in 1963 starting from the Farm Vogtsbauerhof which is in place since 1611 and furnished with original tools of the past centuries. Other farms were added, typical of other regions of the Black Forest which were removed from their place of origin and mounted identically in the museum forming an entire small village.