Black Forest: Pics and Videos

[ficuscarica]

As I live only 20kms away from the Black Forest I have visited this great region countless times. Each time I enjoy its beauty. That´s why I want to share some pics and videos with you and invite you to post videos and pics of the Black Forest.

Schwarzwaldhochstraße (Black Forest High Road - a famous tourist route) in winter:
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... ignore the terrible music

How it is to walk inside the Black Forest:
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(starts after about 30 seconds introduction)

Good overall impression (only first two minutes):
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[Supreme American]

Many of my ancestors come from that area. Thanks!

[Damião de Góis]

Why is it called "Black" Forest? Makes it sound like it's a scary looking forest. :D

[Graham]

Worst music ever! With some of the best scenery. :)


Why is it called "Black" Forest? Makes it sound like it's a scary looking forest. :D

The great haunted forest of mysterious happenings.

[ficuscarica]

Alex Delarge, because it has almost exlusively dark needle trees and almost no open landscape. People started to settle in that dark and mysterious area very late. I will post more pics and videos where you can see that.

[Queen B]

I ve been there . Beautiful.

[ficuscarica]

dandelion, which parts of the Black Forest?

[Queen B]

dandelion, which parts of the Black Forest?

I had visited Villingen-Schwenningen, so I guess the parts that are closer to this.

We dinnered in a wooden restaurant in the Black Forest, drinking the ''black forest devil'' and eating until we explode :D

[ficuscarica]

I posted two more videos that give a good impression of the landscape and show why it is called "Black" Forest.

[ficuscarica]

There are plans to create a national park "Blackforest North/Centre", because the northern and central Black Forest have almost no settlements and lots of beautiful nature with deep valleys, mystique forests, cold streams and lakes. Here are some pics of the typical landscape in the area that maybe will be a national park soon. It´s also the area where I love to hike.

http://www.slssc.org/images/photos/stuttgartlauf05/Schwarzwald.JPG
http://naturfreunde-rastatt.de/wandern/routen/murgtal/oberes-murgtal/images/sankenbachsee.jpg
http://siris-fotoblog.designblog.de/images/kunde/Fotos/015_Feb09/Schwarzwald_2007_100.JPG
http://www.friendlyswiss.com/images/Schwarzwald/Dorf.jpg
http://www.cafe-deutsch.de/fotos/Landeskunde/BaWue-Schwarzwald-RainerSturm-r-k-w.jpg
http://www.ep-blog.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/schwarzwald01.jpg
http://www.schwarzwald.com/landschaft/schwarzwald-panorama.jpg

other pics:
http://media.kunst-fuer-alle.de/img/37/m/37_65686~heuweiler-glottertal-schwarzwald-dorf-deutschland-europa-landschaft-land-wiesen.jpg
http://img.fotocommunity.com/images/Berge/Gipfel-und-Grate/Wolfach-Schwarzwald-a23354991.jpg

[The Lawspeaker]

Why is it called "Black" Forest? Makes it sound like it's a scary looking forest. :D

If I remember correctly the Romans give it that name "Silva Negra" because they were terrified of the place and they just couldn't bash through so they used it as a border.

[ficuscarica]

The Black Forest mountains don´t have "naked" stone peaks like the Alps, but are covered with forest almost everywhere - something you would expect from a hill and not from a mountain. However, from the deep valleys they really look like huge, majestic mountains. Nobody would call them hills when driving through the valley and looking up. These unique mountains, the dark forests and the lack of settlements create a very special atmosphere.

In the few settlements there are many excellent restaurants that serve classic German dishes, but also special dishes like the Black Forest trout, Black Forest ham or Black Forest cherry cakes or blueberry pan cakes.

I strongly suggest visiting the Black Forest once in your lifetime. It is such a great place.

[ficuscarica]

Here are six small pics that show an excellent hiking route - how beautiful!

http://naturfreunde-rastatt.de/wandern/routen/murgtal/mittleres-murgtal/schoenmuenzach-schurmsee/index.php

pics from another wonderful tour:
http://naturfreunde-rastatt.de/wandern/routen/murgtal/oberes-murgtal/baiersbronn-sankenbachsee-ellbachsee/index.php

another tour:
http://naturfreunde-rastatt.de/wandern/routen/enztal/kaltenbronn-eyachtal/index.php

i did almost the same tour:
http://naturfreunde-rastatt.de/wandern/routen/murgtal/unteres-murgtal/badwildbad-kaltenbronn-hilpertsau/index.php

[StonyArabia]

Very beautiful reminds me of the beauty that's found in Alberta.

[ficuscarica]

Very beautiful reminds me of the beauty that's found in Alberta.

It reminds me of the Scandinavian woodlands and the Canadian wilderness, too. I don´t know about Alberta, but my sister and her husband visited Sweden a few months ago and said that it is very similar to the Black Forest.

The settlements are of course very Germanic (south Germanic), which creates a very unique flair. The Black Forest landscape has a northern touch, but at the same time the combination with Germanic architecture creates a central European fairytale flair.

[Ghoul]

It reminds me of the Scandinavian woodlands and the Canadian wilderness, too. I don´t know about Alberta, but my sister and her husband visited Sweden a few months ago and said that it is very similar to the Black Forest.

The settlements are of course very Germanic (south Germanic), which creates a very unique flair. The Black Forest landscape has a northern touch, but at the same time the combination with Germanic architecture creates a central European fairytale flair.

this is so true....Id love too go back were my ancestors came from.

[Mark]

I've been to Freiburg im Breisgau - very nice city

[Jedthehumanoid]

The Black Forest mountains don´t have "naked" stone peaks like the Alps, but are covered with forest almost everywhere - something you would expect from a hill and not from a mountain. However, from the deep valleys they really look like huge, majestic mountains. Nobody would call them hills when driving through the valley and looking up. These unique mountains, the dark forests and the lack of settlements create a very special atmosphere.

In the few settlements there are many excellent restaurants that serve classic German dishes, but also special dishes like the Black Forest trout, Black Forest ham or Black Forest cherry cakes or blueberry pan cakes.

I strongly suggest visiting the Black Forest once in your lifetime. It is such a great place.

It's a great thread:)

In my formative years probably the main dessert in England was Black Forest Gateau with the cherries though this probably bore little resemblance to the delicacy of the real thing;)