Black Forest is a large forested mountain range in south-west Germany, in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg, bounded by the Rhine valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland.
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35 Facts About Black Forest
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Originally, the Black Forest was a mixed forest of deciduous trees and firs.
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On 26 December 1999, Hurricane Lothar raged across the Black Forest and caused even greater damage, especially to the spruce monocultures.
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The Black Forest is the highest part of the South German Scarplands, and much of it is densely wooded, a fragment of the Hercynian Forest of antiquity.
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Until the 1930s, the Black Forest was divided into the Northern and Southern Black Forest, the boundary being the line of the Kinzig valley.
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The term High Black Forest referred to the highest areas of the South and southern Central Black Forest.
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The west of the Northern Black Forest is formed by the Northern Black Forest Valleys with the middle reaches of the Murg around Gernsbach, the middle course of the Oos to Baden-Baden, the middle reaches of the Buhlot above Buhls and the upper reaches of the Rench around Oppenau.
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Central Black Forest is mainly restricted to the catchment area of the River Kinzig above Offenburg as well as the Schutter and the low hills north of the Elz.
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Rivers in the Black Forest include the Danube, the Enz, the Kinzig, the Murg, the Nagold, the Neckar, the Rench, and the Wiese.
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The Black Forest occupies part of the continental divide between the Atlantic Ocean drainage basin and the Black Sea drainage basin .
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Geological foundation of the Black Forest is formed by the crystalline bedrock of the Variscan basement.
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Black Forest is mainly rural, with many scattered villages and a few large towns.
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One of the best-known Black Forest costumes is that of the villages of Kirnbach, Reichenbach and Gutach im Kinzigtal with the characteristic Bollenhut headdress.
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The Black Forest variety of Flammekueche is a Baden specialty made with ham, cheese and cream.
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Black Forest is known for its long tradition in gourmet cuisine.
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Black Forest is home to an unusual tarot card game, Cego, that is part of the region's cultural heritage.
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The game has grown organically, and there are many regional variations, but in recent years the establishment of a Cego Black Forest Championship has led to official tournament rules being defined.
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The highlands of the Black Forest are characterized by regular rainfall throughout the year.
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Higher elevations of the Black Forest are characterized by relatively small annual fluctuations and steamed extreme values.
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Black Forest has a great number of very varied trails; some of pan-regional significance.
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The European long-distance path E1 crosses the Black Forest following the routes of some of the local long-distance paths.
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Thanks to its winding country roads, the Black Forest is a popular destination for motorcyclists.
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The Baden Black Forest Railway has linked Offenburg with Konstanz on Lake Constance since 1873, running via Hausach, Triberg, St Georgen, Villingen and Donaueschingen.
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The last is a picturesque trip starting in the south of the Black Forest going north and includes numerous old wineries and tiny villages.
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Black Forest was visited on several occasions by Count Otto von Bismarck during his years as Prussian and later German chancellor .
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Black Forest featured in the philosophical development of Martin Heidegger.
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Non-ferrous metal mining in the Black Forest continued until the middle of the 20th century near Wildschapbach and on the Schauinsland ; fluorite and baryte are still mined today at the Clara Pit in the Rankach valley in Oberwolfach.
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Several centuries logs from the Black Forest were rafted down the Enz, Kinzig, Murg, Nagold and Rhine rivers for use in the shipping industry, as construction timber and for other purposes.
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The importance of the timber resources of the Black Forest has increased sharply recently due to the increasing demand for wood pellets for heating.
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Timber resources of the Black Forest provided the basis for other sectors of the economy that have now largely disappeared.
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The Black Forest supplied raw materials and energy for the manufacture of forest glass.
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Nevertheless, the Black Forest remains a centre for the metalworking industry and is home to many high-tech companies.
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Since the 20th century, the Black Forest has seen the large-scale generation of electrical power using run-of-the-river power plants and pumped storage power stations.
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In 2013 the association of the Southern Black Forest's Schluchseewerk owned five power plants with 14 storage tanks.
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