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The town of Schonach fea­tures one of the cuck­oo clocks that has been award­ed “World’s Largest” by the Guin­ness Book of World Records. Con­sid­er vis­it­ing Rom­bach & Haas, whose clock-mak­ing his­to­ry goes back 120 years. You can buy all kinds of designs from local man­u­fac­tur­ers, from very tra­di­tion­al house designs to more mod­ern looks. These clocks are famous the world over, and they got their start in the Black For­est. Bet­ter yet, crafts­peo­ple in peri­od attire give demon­stra­tions, and in the sum­mer you can eat a local meal pre­pared at the cook­ing demonstration.Ĭlose to the muse­um there is a 1‑km long moun­tain tobog­gan run which takes you on an excit­ing ride down the moun­tains, around bends and through tunnels. The build­ings are dec­o­rat­ed, fur­nished, and equipped with authen­tic his­tor­i­cal items from the 16th through 19th cen­turies. Since then, many orig­i­nal struc­tures have been trans­port­ed and recon­struct­ed there, includ­ing mills, store­hous­es, a day laborer’s cot­tage, and a chapel. It was found­ed in 1964 with the restora­tion of the orig­i­nal farm­stead. The open-air muse­um Schwarzwälder Freilicht­mu­se­um Vogts­bauern­hof intends to give vis­i­tors a his­tor­i­cal expe­ri­ence of how peo­ple used to live in the Black For­est.

You can see exam­ples in the Schwarzwald­mu­se­um (Black For­est Muse­um) in Triberg. The region oth­er­wise has a great vari­ety of tra­di­tion­al out­fits, because each com­mu­ni­ty had their own unique way of dress­ing. You can find them at many sou­venir shops. The Bol­len­hut has become a trade­mark of the Black For­est in the same way the Dirndl and Leder­hose rep­re­sent Bavaria, although this strange wide straw hat with red or black pom-poms (depend­ing on the rela­tion­ship sta­tus of the woman) has been part of the tra­di­tion­al cos­tume of only three com­mu­ni­ties in the Cen­tral Black For­est. Most local hotels or hol­i­day apart­ments offer their guests the KONUS Guest Card which allows you to ride region­al trains and bus­es for free. Some of the rail­way routes are also very inter­est­ing and scenic. Gen­er­al­ly speak­ing, the more touristy an area, the bet­ter the pub­lic trans­port is.

Bikes and dogs are usu­al­ly per­mit­ted on the trains, and some bus­es even have trail­ers for bikes. The whole region has quite a good rail­way net­work and bus con­nec­tions. Have a look at this map.Īlter­na­tive­ly, it is pos­si­ble to vis­it the Black For­est using pub­lic trans­porta­tion. Getting Thereįrom Stuttgart, it is easy to reach the Black For­est by car using the sur­round­ing high­ways: the A8 (Stuttgart-Karl­sruhe), A81 (Stuttgart-Sin­gen) and A5 (Karl­sruhe-Basel). As you explore the region, you will find most­ly small towns and vil­lages or even just farm­hous­es stand­ing alone. In com­par­i­son to oth­er places in Ger­many, the Black For­est has much low­er pop­u­la­tion den­si­ty. The South is high­er on aver­age, but it has gen­tler slopes and is shel­tered by the Vos­ges (a low moun­tain range along the bor­der with France), which makes it drier. The ter­rain is char­ac­ter­ized by steep changes in ele­va­tion and nar­row val­leys. The North is cov­ered with dense forests thanks to high lev­els of rain, but it is also exposed to west­ern winds. It is an area about 120 km (75 mi) long and 60 km (37 mi) wide with two dis­tinct parts char­ac­ter­ized by dif­fer­ent weath­er pat­terns. The region gets its name from the den­si­ty of the for­est block­ing much of the day­light – when the Romans first arrived, they called it “Sil­va nigra.” The Black For­est is a sub-Alpine moun­tain­ous region in south­west­ern Ger­many. Although you can vis­it year-round, the best time to enjoy the beau­ti­ful land­scapes is from May to Sep­tem­ber or for win­ter sports and activ­i­ties from Decem­ber to February. Deli­cious local spe­cial­ties like Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (Black For­est cher­ry cake), cher­ry schnapps, and Black For­est ham are export­ed inter­na­tion­al­ly but always taste bet­ter local­ly. Tra­di­tion­al hand­i­craft such as cuck­oo clock con­struc­tion and glass­blow­ing are prac­ticed there to this day.

Hik­ing and bik­ing trails weave through the for­est to qui­et vil­lages and amaz­ing panora­mas. The Schwarzwald or Black For­est is known inter­na­tion­al­ly for its nat­ur­al beau­ty and out­door recre­ation.