
The
Black Forest (
German:
Schwarzwald,
pronounced [ˈʃvaʁt͡svald]) is a
wooded mountain range in
Baden-Württemberg, southwestern
Germany. It is bordered by the
Rhine valley to the west and south. The highest peak is the
Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres (4,898 ft). The region is almost rectangular with a length of 160 km (99 mi) and breadth of up to 60 km (37 mi). The name
Schwarzwald (German for "Black Forest") derives from the Romans who referred to the thickly forested mountains there as
Silva Nigra[citation needed] (Latin for "Black Forest") because the dense growth of
conifers in the forest blocked out most of the light inside the forest.
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