Maybe even a small shed for a goat or a cow. House, the "Häusle" on a plot of land nearby, with a herb garden in front, or The other children, not inheriting the farm, would build their much smaller The farms were called "Hof" and of course, there could only be one heir The early clockmakers worked in an atmosphere like that. One of the pictures shows a typical "Stube", a family room. You can see, the roofs were pulled down, almost to the ground, on the ![]() Were huge buildings, including the stables, barns and living quarters in The farms were at that time often some 150 years old and some of them Mail coaches reached the region some 50 years later, railroads after ![]() They liked to stay among themselves, not trusting "outsiders".Īlmost everything they did, they did on foot. Presume, it's around 1750, the people live and labor in villages orįarms in valleys, surrounded by steepest hills and dense forests, absolutely nobody went there, without a good, decent purpose.įorbidding and repelling these forests were, indeed.ĭepending on the weather, the dark of the BF can still get you the shivers easily. Like, the Roman legions avoided the "silva nigra". Remember, right now, we're talking about a very remote and ruggedĬountryside, hard to travel in the past, even in summer, lest to mention ![]() So, my intent is to show you the real thing, not a Disneyland sceneĪs often offered by the tourist businesses - that's a different story. The "Wälder" (forest dwellers) made them. Of BF and cuckoo clocks and especialy, under which circumstances On a trip to the Black Forest last weekend, I thought maybe IĬould do something like a small essay, for the better understanding Tell me if you like this, please, because I will have to do several
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