Black Forest

Black Forest, also Schwarzwald in German, is a wooded mountain chain in southwestern Germany lying to the east of the Rhine River Valley. It is so called from the black pines that cover it. This hilly wooded region rises up to 4000 ft. high and runs parallel with the Rhine, through Würtemberg and Baden, from the Swiss frontier to Carlsruhe. The region is remarkable for its picturesque scenery and its mineral wealth. It possesses many health resorts, as Baden-Baden and Wildbad, where are mineral springs. Silver, copper, cobalt, lead, and iron are wrought in many places in the area. The women and children of the region make articles of woodwork, such as wooden clocks, &c.