The Black Forest or Schwarzwald is one of the most attractive and visited international tourist destinations in Europe with almost 10 million visitors per year. If you love nature, you will absolutely admire the Black Forest in Germany. The black forest is called that because all the trees put together make it look black.It was already named one of 28 finalists in an international contest to decide the seven wonders of the natural world.
The Black Forest is one of the beautiful regions of Germany, with mountains and hills, green valleys and open fields. The Black Forest (German: Schwarzwald) is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. The Black Forest is an area of mountains and forest 200 kilometers long and up to 60 kilometers wide but forest has an area of approximately 12,000 km2 which borders France in the west, Switzerland in the south, the Swabian Alb and Lake Constance in the east, and the Kraichgau region in the north.
The highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 meters (4,898 ft) and others mountain are Feldberg, Herzogenhorn, Belchen, Spieshorn, Schauinsland, Kandel, Hochblauen and Hornisgrinde.
There are many rivers in Black Forest include the Danube, the Enz, the Kinzig, the Murg, the Neckar, the Wiese and the Rench.
Freiburg and Baden-Baden cities are popular tourist destinations on the western edge of the Black Forest, Towns in the forest include Bad Herrenalb, Baiersbronn, Freudenstadt, Furtwangen, Gengenbach, Gütenbach, Sasbachwalden, Schramberg, Staufen, Titisee-Neustadt, Hausach and Wolfach.
The Vogtsbauernhöfe is an open-air museum that shows the life of sixteenth or seventeenth century farmers the region, featuring a number of reconstructed Black Forest farms. The German Clock Museum in Furtwangen shows the history and art of the clock industry and of watchmakers. Also Black Forest is famous of traditions. Almost every valley has its own distinct rituals. Traditions in the Black Forest mean far more than simply costumes and dances.
Black Forest is also famous for traditions. Almost every region has its own distinct rituals. You will find cultural highlights throughout the entire region, ranging from the folk drama festival on Germany’s biggest open-air stage in Ötigheim to the Schwarzwald Musikfestival- the Black Forest music festival – with numerous acts in 25 villages and cities throughout the entire Black Forest