

Local residents of the Black Forest Biosphere Reserve, which was listed by UNESCO in 2017, have deep ties to their homeland and maintain old traditions such as the Swabian-Alemannic "Fastnacht" or Shrovetide carnival, and the 'Almabtrieb', the Alpine pasture harvest. This diverse cultural landscape, which has been shaped by man for centuries, also draws its charm from the great differences in altitude within a very small area - between 310 metres in the valley and more than 1,400 metres on the Belchen summit. It is the source of the Danube and Neckar rivers.

Popular Destinations Freiburg Photo: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0. Wikivoyage Wikipedia Photo: Wildbder, CC BY-SA 3.0. The farmers maintain the meadows and pastures with their herds of cattle and goats, resulting in open areas alternating with mixed mountain forests in a kind of mosaic. However, despite its gloomy but romantic name, this region, located in the state of Baden-Wrttemberg, is equally dotted with open sunny slopes and variegated. The Black Forest (German: Schwarzwald vatsvalt ) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Wrttemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. The Black Forest is located in the southwest corner of Germany in the federal state of Baden-Wrttemberg, which contains the namesake low, forested mountain range and warm, sunny lowlands at its foot. Granted, like most of the big, mountainous, forested areas in Germany. Its most distinctive feature is the harmonious interplay of man and nature. The Black Forest region in Germany is known for its beautiful landscapes. Snow-covered hills in winter, gushing waterfalls in spring and magnificent blossoms in early summer: the Black Forest biosphere region in the far south-west of Baden-Württemberg offers a unique landscape with a great wealth of species and cultural diversity.
