Black Forest - Feldberg, Schluchsee, Hlle Valley, Schwarzwlder Freilichtmuseum Vogtsbauernhof, Schwarzwaldverein, Three Lakes Railway (Paperback)

Chapters: Feldberg, Schluchsee, Hlle Valley, Schwarzwlder Freilichtmuseum Vogtsbauernhof, Schwarzwaldverein, Three Lakes Railway, Rench Valley Railway, Klemmbach. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 42. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Black Forest (German: ) is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Wrttemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. The highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres (4,898 ft). The region is almost rectangular with a length of 200 km (120 mi) and breadth of 60 km (37 mi). Hence it has an area of approximately 12,000 km (4,600 sq mi). Geologically, the Black Forest consists of a cover of sandstone on top of a core of gneiss and granites. Formerly it shared tectonic evolution with the nearby Vosges Mountains. Later during the Middle Eocene a rifting period affected the area and caused formation of the Rhine graben. During the last glacial period of the Wrm glaciation, the Black Forest was covered by glaciers; several tarn lakes such as the Mummelsee are remains of this period. Rivers in the Black Forest include the Danube (which rises in the Black Forest), the Enz, the Kinzig, the Murg, the Nagold, the Neckar, the Rench, and the Wiese. The Black Forest is part of the continental divide between the Atlantic Ocean drainage basin (drained by the Rhine) and the Black Sea drainage basin (drained by the Danube). Administratively, the Black Forest belongs completely to the state of Baden-Wrttemberg and comprises the city of Pforzheim as well as the following districts (Kreise). In the north: Enz, Rastatt and Calw; in the middle: Freudenstadt, Ortenaukreis and Rottweil; in the south: Emmendingen, Schwarzwald-Baar, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Lrrach and Waldshut. The forest mostly consists of pines and fi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3385