Black Forest Blog

It is a well known fact that the Black Forest is home to many inventors and doers. But did you also know that the market leader for excavator buckets and so-called quick hitches is also based in the tranquil health resort and spa town Baden-Baden? Lehnhoff Hartstahl from Steinbach has for years been the leading manufacturer of digger buckets for hydraulic excavators as well as mini excavators and quick change units. The company in particular covers the whole range of quick change units, backhoe dippers and swing excavators, special and demolition equipment for all construction machinery brands and sizes.

Please contact Lehnhoff directly if you are interested in making an appointment for a guided tour of the company.

Web address:

http://www.lehnhoff.com

Did you know that by no means only Cuckoo clocks, Kirsch and Black Forest Gateau are amongst the typical products of the Black Forest? The rustic furniture from the Black Forest, which is also very popular throughout the world, definitely deserves to be mentioned. Often lovingly painted and decorated by hand, these pieces bring the famous German cosiness to any room across the globe, whether wardrobe or bed, table, corner bench or restaurant furniture they all add their personal charm.

The furniture makers from the Black Forest are well known for their tradition only to use high-quality and well seasoned wood from well looked after forests in the region. Before any of this wood is used it is carefully dried in drying chambers.

A tour of the manufacturing premises is certainly most interesting and will add a lot of interest and variety to your Black Forest holiday.

Web addresses:

http://www.schnitzerstube.de/index_gb.htm

http://www.schreinerei-gebele.de (in German)

http://www.go-in.co.uk

Traditional christmas markets take place in many places in the Black Forest every year. The flavour of mulled wine, waffles and fir needles, candlelights and the cosy atmosphere attract the guests every year anew. Besides eating and drinking of course you can find lots of local products for your own or for your christmas gifts.

Here you find dates and places of the biggest and most beautiful markets:

• 26 November - 27 December 2009: Christkindles market in Baden-Baden
  
• 23 November - 23 December 2009: Christmas market in Freiburg
  
• 24 November - 23 December 2009: Christmas market in Offenburg
  
• 26 November - 23 December 2009: Christkindlesmarkt in Karlsruhe
  
• 28 November - 28 December 2009: Sternlesmarkt in Ettlingen
  
• 26-29 November 2009: Magical Christmas market in Calw
  
• 23 November - 22 December 2009: Christmas market in Pforzheim
  
• 4 December - 13 December 2009: Christmas market in Freudenstadt
  
• 30 November - 23 December 2009: Advent's market and the world's biggest 'advent calendar house' in Gengenbach
  
• 27 November - 6 December 2009: Advent's market in Gaggenau
  
• 27 November - 13 December 2009: Christmas market in Bühl
  
• 27 November - 20 December 2009: Christmas market in Rastatt
  
• 28-29 November 2009: Christkindlemarkt in Bad Dürrheim
  
• 28 November - 23 December 2009: Advent and Christmas market in Lahr
  
• 10-20 December 2009: Christmas market in Bad Krozingen
  
• 3-13 December 2009: Christmas market in Lörrach
  
• 10- 20 December 2009: Christmas market in Rottweil
  
• 4-6 December 2009: Christmas market Bad Säckingen
  
• 4-6 December 2009: Christmas market in St. Blasien
  
• 5-6 December 2009: Christmas market in Titisee-Neustadt
  
• 10-13 December 2009: Christmas market on the Rosenplatz in Baiersbronn
  
• 11-13 December 2009: Christmas market in Oberkirch
  
• 25 December 2009 - 3 January 2010: Triberg Christmas Magic - thousands of lights illuminate the waterfalls and the nature park nearby

The Feldberg (1493m above sea level) is the highest mountain in the Black Forest, Germany. The Felderg Mountain is located in the south-west of Germany, about 25 km south-east of the city of Freiburg.

Photo on the right: The Feldberg summit on the left side, on the right side the Seebuck foothill with the lookout tower.

A cableway runs from the car park at the Haus der Natur (House of Nature) to the Seebuck foothill. Incidentally, the cableway is operated as a 6-seater chair lift in winter. The actual summit of the Feldberg is reached from the upper terminus via a 2km footpath. There are several sign-posted hiking trails leading round the summit area with a walking time of between 30 minutes and 3 hours, from which you can enjoy the beauty of the landscape in its entirety and the magnificent views in every imaginable direction.

Ascend the Feldberg Tower and you can let your eyes wander even further into the countryside. However, you have a lovely uninterrupted view even without ascending the tower because there are no trees in the summit area.

The Feldberg is centre of the biggest skiing area in the Black Forest. Usually from November to April thousands of skiers use the 14 ski-lifts and downhills of all categories.

Places nearby

• Feldberg municipality
  
• Titisee-Neustadt
  
• Hinterzarten
  
• Todtnau
  
• Bernau

The traditional festival in Schonach in the Central Black Forest began today (5th September 2009) with a grand festival procession. The procession set off for the festival marquee at 3 pm sharp, where the festival was officially opened at 3.30 pm with the tapping of the keg.

There will be plenty of music and high spirits in the large festival marquee from today until Monday evening with something to suit all tastes. Party music on Saturday evening, traditional oompah music and folk music on Sunday and Monday as well as entertainment in local dialect.

There is a large fun fair next to the marquee with a chairoplane, dodgems, a merry-go-round and all kinds of sweet temptations.