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Definition of Black forest

1. Noun. A hilly forest region in southwestern Germany.

Definition of Black forest

1. Proper noun. A large forest and mountain range in southwestern Germany. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Forest

Literary usage of Black forest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1900)
"393) divides the mountains of the black forest into two portions, which are also distinct in regard to their geological formation : viz. the LOWER BLACK ..."

2. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1895)
"There is a wedding at X. to-day—a real black forest wedding, ... X. is the highest village in the black forest, and it is the daughter of the principal ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"About two-thirds of the black forest belongs to Baden and the remaining third to Wurtemberg; but it is convenient to disregard the political boundaries, ..."

4. The Rhine from Its Source to the Sea by Karl Stieler, Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer, Hans Wachenhusen (1898)
"CHAPTER XL THE black forest. WE now begin a beautiful, quiet journey ; the loftiest summits of the black forest range before us in a long blue chain, ..."

5. Northern Germany, as Far as the Bavarian and Austrian Frontiers: As Far as by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1900)
"¡fax, The three sisters; 789. Leibl, Poachers; 655. Dill, Landscape; *781. Liebermann, Shoemaker's workshop; 770. Thoma, Gnats in the black forest; 782. ..."

6. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1900)
"393) divides the mountains of the black forest into two portions, which are also distinct in regard to their geological formation : viz. the LOWER BLACK ..."

7. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1895)
"There is a wedding at X. to-day—a real black forest wedding, ... X. is the highest village in the black forest, and it is the daughter of the principal ..."

8. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"About two-thirds of the black forest belongs to Baden and the remaining third to Wurtemberg; but it is convenient to disregard the political boundaries, ..."

9. The Rhine from Its Source to the Sea by Karl Stieler, Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer, Hans Wachenhusen (1898)
"CHAPTER XL THE black forest. WE now begin a beautiful, quiet journey ; the loftiest summits of the black forest range before us in a long blue chain, ..."

10. Northern Germany, as Far as the Bavarian and Austrian Frontiers: As Far as by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1900)
"¡fax, The three sisters; 789. Leibl, Poachers; 655. Dill, Landscape; *781. Liebermann, Shoemaker's workshop; 770. Thoma, Gnats in the black forest; 782. ..."

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