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21-771: It has an area of 10,062 hectares (100.62 km; 38.85 sq mi) and is located on the main crest of the Northern Black Forest , mainly between the Black Forest High Road (Schwarzwaldhochstraße) and the valley of the Murg . It comprises two separate areas, roughly 3.5 kilometres apart, around Ruhestein (7,615 ha) and Hoher Ochsenkopf /Plättig (2,447 ha) and is part of the Central/North Black Forest Nature Park (Naturpark Schwarzwald Mitte/Nord) . The park

42-544: A medieval monastery building, is located in the village of Klosterreichenbach. Baiersbronn is famous as a centre of haute cuisine in Germany, having 8 Michelin stars in total. According to the New York Times of April 2013, Baiersbronn has the same number of Michelin three-star restaurants as London and twice as many as Chicago. According to the New York Times, "Baiersbronn is now on its way to becoming recognized as

63-675: Is at the confluence of the Schwarzbach and Raumünzach streams, at a height of just below 500 m. Excluded are the village of Herrenwies as well as smaller areas around Plättig, Sand and the youth hostel of Badener Höhe . In the northeast, it borders to the Schwarzenbach Reservoir , and in the west to the Bühlerhöhe beyond the Black Forest High Road. Most of the state forest here belongs to

84-652: Is the Mummelsee on the Hornisgrinde. Other tarns are the Ellbachsee, Herrenwieser See , Huzenbacher See , Sankenbachsee , Schurmsee and the Wildsee near Ruhestein. Many of them were also impounded in order to supply excess water for timber rafting which was common until the 19th century. Other former tarns have silted up. The Hohlohsee and the Wildsee near Gernsbach-Kaltenbronn are raised bog lakes on

105-598: The Black Forest on the Murg river. Nearby is the mountain of Rinkenkopf (759.6 m) with its hillfort , the Rinkenwall . Administratively, Baiersbronn consists of the following nine villages: In its current form, Baiersbronn was created in the 1960s and 1970s by joining five municipalities. Its main industry is tourism. Baiersbronn is twinned with Midhurst in West Sussex, England. Reichenbach Priory ,

126-646: The High Ochsenkopf/Plättig and 7,615 hectares around the Ruhestein. The two areas are separated by the Forbach parish of Hundsbach. Northern Black Forest The Northern Black Forest ( German : Nordschwarzwald ) refers to the northern third of the Black Forest in Germany or, less commonly today, to the northern half of this mountain region. The Northern Black Forest is bounded in

147-642: The Darmstädter Hut, the Schliffkopf Hotel, the Rotmurg Hunting Lodge, the hamlet of Schonmünz (Volzenhäuser) and other small areas. The state forest land here belongs mainly to the collective municipality of Baiersbronn (in the county of Freudenstadt ), other elements belong to Oppenau , Ottenhöfen and Seebach (in the county of Ortenaukreis ). The park covers an area of 10,062 hectares, of which 2,447 hectares are within

168-660: The Northern Black Forest are among the regions of the German Central Uplands with the heaviest rainfall (up to 2,200 mm per annum). Its most important rivers are the Murg , Nagold , Enz , Alb , Acher , Rench , Oos and the upper reaches of the Wolf . In 2001, the Central and Northern Black Forest Nature Park ( Naturpark Schwarzwald Mitte/Nord ) was established and its coverage includes

189-776: The bird's head (Vogelskopf) (1,056 m) and the Schliffkopf (1,054 m) to the west, the Seekopf (1,054 m) in the northwest, the Riesenköpfle (1,001 m) in the centre, the Leinkopf (992 m) in the north and the Großhahnberg (940 m) in the northeast. In this southern part of the National Park are the tarns of Wildsee , Huzenbacher See and Buhlbachsee and the upper Schönmünz valley and

210-687: The definition or natural regional division used (see also Black Forest ). Earlier, the Northern Black Forest was the entire northern half of the mountain range as far as the line of the Kinzig valley , which divides the Black Forest east of Lahr . To the west it is bounded by the Upper Rhine Plain , to the east by the Gäu landscapes. The Northern Black Forest is not the same as the spatial-planning region of Northern Black Forest , which covers

231-534: The eastern area. With its rather angular – in places trapezoidally-shaped – summits, the Northern Black Forest rises above the Rhine Plain by more than 1,000 m . By contrast, its eastern slopes descend gradually and there is less of a height difference with its neighbouring regions. Its highest peak is the Hornisgrinde at 1,163 m above  sea level (NHN) . Woods cover on average 73% of

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252-728: The headwaters of the Murg headstreams, the Rechtmurg and Rotmurg and other Murg tributaries. On the western slopes of the Schliffkopf this subregions extends down as far as the All Saints Waterfalls , where it reaches is lowest and most westerly point at a height of approximately 500 m. Excluded from the Ruhestein area are the Ruhestein itself with its two ski slopes and the Great Ruhestein Ski Jump ,

273-639: The highlands between the Murg and Enz valleys that are only fed by local precipitation. There are several dams in the Northern Black Forest. The Schwarzenbach Dam and the Murg Dam are part of the Rudolf-Fettweis-Werk , a pumped storage and run-of-the-river power station in Forbach. The Nagold Dam regulates the water level of the Nagold. The Kleine Kinzig Dam is used for drinking water, water regulation and electricity generation. Due to

294-491: The municipality of Forbach (in the county of Rastatt ). The towns of Bühl (Rastatt) and Baden-Baden own other municipal forests in the area around Plättig. The greater part of the Ruhestein area extends reaches a height of approximately 1,150 m above NHN near Dreifürstenstein in the southeasternmost summit region of the Hornisgrinde , the highest mountain in the northern Black Forest. Other summits are

315-682: The north by a line from Karlsruhe to Pforzheim and, in the south, by a line running from the Rench valley to Freudenstadt . Its northern boundary largely coincides with the emergence of the extensively forested bunter sandstone strata from the arable region of the Kraichgau ; its southern boundary with the Central Black Forest (or, in the case of a bipartite division, the Southern Black Forest ) varies depending on

336-520: The timber industry and by some of the affected population, whilst being supported by the SPD and Greens , the conservation associations and other parts of the populations of the Northern Black Forest . It is the first and only national park in Baden-Württemberg. In 2021 the minister for environment Thekla Walker (A90/The Greens) announced plans to extent the national park and eventually connect

357-681: The two parts in the following years. The northern part of the area, the High Ochsenkopf / Plättig includes the upper Schwarzenbach valley and the regions around the High Ochsenkopf ( 1,055 m above  sea level (NHN) ) in the centre, the Mehliskopf (1,008 m) in the west, the Badener Höhe (1,003 m) in the north and the Nägeliskopf (994 m) in the east. The lowest and most easterly point of this park

378-477: The vast preserved natural scenery, the region is popular among hikers. In the winter time, the Northern Black Forest region attracts tourists with the ski resorts Mehliskopf , Hundseck – Bühlertallifte, Kaltenbronn , Simmersfeld . Baiersbronn Baiersbronn is a municipality and a village in the district of Freudenstadt in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany . It is situated in

399-500: The whole land area and make the Northern Black Forest the most cohesive forested part of the Black Forest, but there are also extensive areas of so-called " Grinden ": treeless, wet heaths , on its highland slopes. Geologically , the dominant rock of the Northern Black Forest is bunter sandstone , although in the deeply incised west its gneiss bedrock reaches the surface. Granites (e.g. Forbach granite) and porphyries have intruded forming crags and tors . The highland regions of

420-521: The whole of the Northern Black Forest. In addition, an area of about 10,000 hectares has been designated since 1 January 2014 as the Black Forest National Park . It has numerous highly popular tourist attractions as well as winter sport areas in addition to the towns named below and the Black Forest High Road and Kaltenbronn . Numerous tarns in the Northern Black Forest are evidence of ice age glacial formations, The best-known

441-445: Was officially opened on 3 May 2014 The Black Forest National Park was created on 1 January 2014 and is the first national park in Baden-Württemberg , Germany . The state parliament voted for its establishment on 28 November 2013. The establishment of the first national park in the Black Forest was politically controversial. In 2013, it was opposed by Baden-Württemberg's opposition parties ( CDU and FDP ), by representatives of

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