Black Forest
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Summary
Black Forest is a low mountain range[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of low mountain range entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,755 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Baden-Württemberg[3]
- Country: Germany[4]
- Instance of: forest[5]
- Made from material: sandstone[6], gneiss[7], granite[8]
- Commons category: Black Forest[9]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[10], UTC+02:00[11]
- Said to be the same as: Marciana Silva[12]
- Highest point: Feldberg[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Black Forest[14]
- Commons gallery: Schwarzwald[15]
- Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[16], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20], The New Student's Reference Work[21], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[23]
- Different from: Schwarzwald[24]
- Length: 160 km[25]
- Elevation above sea level: 1493 m[26]
- Area: 6009.2 km²[27]
- Width: 50 km[28]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of the Black Forest[29]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Black Forest include it cake[30]; Schwarzwald-Baar district[31], a rural district of Baden-Württemberg[32], in Germany[33], founded in 1973[34]; Black Forest National Park[35], a Nationalpark[36], in Germany[37], founded in 2014[38]; Central/North Black Forest Nature Park[39], a Naturpark[40], in Germany[41], founded in 2003[42]; and Schwarzwaldmädel[43], a dramatico-musical work[44].
Why It Matters
Black Forest has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]
Entities named for it include it cake[30]; Schwarzwald-Baar district[31], a rural district of Baden-Württemberg[32], in Germany[33], founded in 1973[34]; Black Forest National Park[35], a Nationalpark[36], in Germany[37], founded in 2014[38]; Central/North Black Forest Nature Park[39], a Naturpark[40], in Germany[41], founded in 2003[42]; and Schwarzwaldmädel[43], a dramatico-musical work[44].