The Black Forest is a large forested mountain range in south-west Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, bounded by the Rhine valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is the source of the Danube and Neckar rivers.
Baden-Württemberg, commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state (Land) in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants as of 2019 across a total area of nearly 35,752 km2 (13,804 sq mi), it is the third-largest German state by both area and population. As a federated state, Baden-Württemberg is a partly-sovereign parliamentary republic. The largest city in Baden-Württemberg is the state capital of Stuttgart, followed by Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Other major cities are Freiburg im Breisgau, Heidelberg, Heilbronn, Pforzheim, Reutlingen, Tübingen, and Ulm.
Stuttgart is one of the four administrative districts (Regierungsbezirke) of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the north-east of the state of Baden-Württemberg, in the southwestern part of Germany. It is sub-divided into the three regions: Heilbronn-Franken, Ostwürttemberg and Stuttgart.
Karlsruhe is one of the four administrative regions of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the north-west of the state. It is subdivided into the three regional associations : Mittlerer Oberrhein, Rhein-Neckar (Rhine-Neckar) and Nordschwarzwald (Northern Black Forest).
Sigmaringen is a Landkreis (district) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Reutlingen, Biberach, Ravensburg, Bodensee, Constance, Tuttlingen, and Zollernalbkreis.
Tannheim (Württemberg) is a municipality in the district of Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Bad Säckingen is a rural town in the administrative district of Waldshut in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is famous as the "Trumpeteer's City" because of the book Der Trompeter von Säckingen, a famous 19th-century novel by German author Joseph Victor von Scheffel.
Laufenburg is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, part of the Waldshut district. It has approximately 4300 inhabitants. Laufenburg is separated from a Swiss city with the same name by the river Rhine.
Friesenheim is a municipality in the Ortenau district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Niefern-Öschelbronn is a municipality in the Enz district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Enz, 6 km east of Pforzheim.
Weikersheim is a town in the Main-Tauber district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Grafenau is a town in the district of Böblingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Erdmannhausen is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Hohenstein is a town in the district of Reutlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Frankenhardt is a rural Gemeinde (municipality) in the district of Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It consists of thirty-nine villages, hamlets and other settlements. The largest village is Oberspeltach, followed by Gründelhardt. The township lies about twenty kilometres east of the town of Schwäbisch Hall.
Bernau is a municipality in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Hemmingen is a municipality in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
The city of Bühl is part of the district of Rastatt in the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It has a history reaching back to the twelfth century and was formerly an agricultural town, especially famous for its plums. Bühl has a population of about 29,000, and is in the region between the Rhine Valley and the Black Forest.
Wehra is a river of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It passes through Todtmoos and Wehr and flows into the Rhine downstream of Bad Säckingen.
