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With the exception of Roman settlements on the perimeter (e.g. They, in turn, were part of the Germanic tribe of Suebi, who subsequently gave their name to the historic state of Swabia. The Black Forest probably represented the border area of the Marcomanni ("border people") who were settled east of the Roman limes. In Roman times ( Late antiquity), it was given the name Silva Marciana ("Marcynian Forest", from the Germanic word marka = "border"). In ancient times, the Black Forest was known as Abnoba mons, after the Celtic deity, Abnoba.

7.4 Precision-engineering, clock and jewellery manufactureĪn unmarried Black Forest woman wearing a red Bollenhut, 1898.

7.3 Glass-making, charcoal-burning and potash-mining.

2.1.1 Work of the Institute of Applied Geography.

There are several ruined military fortifications dating back to the 17th century. Historically, the area was known for forestry and the mining of ore deposits, but tourism has now become the primary industry, accounting for around 300,000 jobs. Roughly oblong in shape, with a length of 160 kilometres (100 miles) and breadth of up to 50 km (30 mi), it has an area of about 6,009 km 2 (2,320 sq mi).

Its highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres (4,898 ft) above sea level.

It is the source of the Danube and Neckar rivers.

The Black Forest ( German: Schwarzwald ( listen)) 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.