Black Forest facts for kids
The Black Forest (in German, Schwarzwald) is a famous forest region in southwestern Germany. It's located in the state of Baden-Württemberg. This beautiful area is known for its dark, dense evergreen forests and rolling mountains. It's a very popular place for tourists from all over the world.
Exploring the Black Forest
Many important towns are found in the Black Forest. Some of these include Pforzheim, Calw, Baden-Baden, and Freiburg. The highest mountain in the Black Forest is the Feldberg. It stands tall at 1,492 meters (about 4,895 feet) high.
Fun Activities
The Black Forest is a great place for outdoor fun. People love to go hiking on its many trails. In winter, it's a popular spot for skiing. You can also try Nordic walking, which is like hiking but with poles.
Famous Souvenirs
When you visit towns like Triberg or the beautiful Titisee lake, you'll find the famous cuckoo clocks. These clocks are a special part of the Black Forest's history. To see more of the area, you can drive along the Deutsche Uhrenstraße. This "German Clock Road" is a scenic route that shows off the region's clock-making tradition.
Images for kids
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The Black Forest on the Tabula Peutingeriana: a mountain chain with fantastically formed trees as a symbol of an unsettled and virtually inaccessible terrain
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Black Forest farmhouse, 1898
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An unmarried Black Forest woman wearing a red Bollenhut, 1898
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Woods and pastures of the High Black Forest near Breitnau
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The Feldberg, the highest mountain in the Black Forest, SE of Freiburg
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Slopes of the Northern Black Forest to the Upper Rhine Plain (Northern Black Forest Valleys)
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Grassland economy in side valleys of the Kinzig, Central Black Forest
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The Belchen in the Southern Black Forest with its bare dome, seen from Münstertal
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The River Schiltach in Schiltach
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The Schluchsee, north of St. Blasien
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One of two patterns of Cego trump cards
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Central/North Black Forest Nature Park: view from the Hornisgrinde (highest mountain of the Northern Black Forest)
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The Altstadt of Altensteig in the Northern Black Forest
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The Vogtsbauernhof (1612) of the Black Forest Open Air Museum in the Gutach valley
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The Gutach bridge on the Höllental Railway
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Winter on Schauinsland: famous "Windbuchen" Beeches bent by the wind
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Black Forest track
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Hornisgrinde plateau and raised bog (2004). Behind: transmission mast and wind generators
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Trunks of White Fir from Gersbach hold up the largest unsupported wooden roof in the world at Expo 2000
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Clockmaker's workshop in a sitting room (postcard from around 1900)
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The Straßerhof Mill in Hornberg, a typical Black Forest farming mill
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The Hornberg Basin near Herrischried, upper reservoir of the Wehr pumped storage station (emptied, May 2008).
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Traditionally, the Bollenhut is worn by unmarried women as part of the tracht.
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Arnold Lyongrün: "Frühling im Schwarzwald" (1912)
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"Kinderreigen" (1872) by Black Forest artist Hans Thoma
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Black Forest landscape by J. Metzler
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Black Forest landscape by J. Metzler
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Black Forest farmhouse, painted by Wilhelm Hasemann
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A Gutach family, painted by Wilhelm Hasemann (ca. 1900)
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German cuckoo clock
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Black Forest ham with German bread
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A Black Forest cake
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Slice of a Black Forest Cake
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Fastnacht in the Black Forest
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Carnival pleasure in the Black Forest (1890)
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Fastnacht in Gernsbach (Black Forest)
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The Feldberg
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View from the Belchen towards the Alps
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Cattle near Simonswald
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The Titisee, popular year-round
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The Minster in Freiburg, the region's biggest city
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The River Kinzig passing through the Black Forest
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The Mummelsee
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The Murg Valley Railway
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The Black Forest is known for its native clockmakers
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Traditional farmhouse of the Black Forest
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Hausach
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Schiltach
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Paragliding above Baden-Baden
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The former Graf-Eberhard-Bad (now: Palais Thermal) in Bad Wilbad
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See also
In Spanish: Selva Negra para niños
