European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 06, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse B2r Kouby Bernard c. Kirchhoff staff writer sparkling streams Rushing through narrow Pine fringed valleys tin Lake reflecting the Village and mountains that encircle them. Gently rolling. Hills with Patchwork of farms. Fields of hops growing on their to Euiles ,. Timbered inns serving freshly caught to bin Tain Trout. Elaborately carved an painted signs. Isolated form houses with distinctive roofs sloping nearly to the ground. These Are Aone of the delights of Outh Ern Germany s justly famous Schwarzwald for Black Forest. Here is a weekend tour that takes you through the heart of on of Germany s loveliest Arena if you Start from Stuttgart on a Satur Day morning this itinerary takes you diagonally across the Black Forest to Freiburg then Back across the Southern part of the Schwarzwald and along the Zeekaf Riverbank to Stuttgart the route follows Highway 14 out of Stuttgart through bomb Lingen to Herren Borg whose squat onion bulged Church Tower visible a Long distance away Sig nals you to turn onto Highway 2& soon you la wind Down the Pine flanked Road into the nag old Valley. Stop for afew minutes in nag old to take a look at the timbered facade and huge ornate wrought Iron sign of the hotel Post which is on the main Road. Climbing Back to a plateau of gently rolling Farmland dotted with trellises for growing hops you reach Freuden Stadt. Freuden Stadt was badly battered during the War. When Money was finally allocated toward rebuilding the old resort Center planners turned Thor backs on suggestion for instead the Center of the City was painstakingly rebuilt in its old quadrangle style around some four acres of open space Public buildings alternate with private businesses to form a four aided Arcade office shops Coffee houses and the expected tourist goods Highway 294 South from Freuden Stadt toward Freiburg on the Way you pass through the villages of Hausa cd and its neighbouring town of places in Germany still show you what is misleadingly termed but haunch and Mutach remain stubbornly devoted to the old . The emphasis is on hats the qum he Bulie Nhut of course originated in Mutach. But its principle exponents now reside in Haugach. The. Nohew of or Ball hat worn by Home looks As if to started out As a Broad brimmed Stet son the Crown of which has since turned to mushroom culture. But each Boll of the Bot Lenhult tells worlds. If the lumps Are Black the lady la married. If the lumps Are red however she is single. Not Only that Rod lumps denote a willingness to listen to what used to be matted quaintly the song a love leaving the ladies to their informative i Bohi family quo or and Borns or typical of the sew Orswald. 7 stars and strips headgear you can stay right on hlghwff294 and eventually reach Freiburg Good place to stay the night. ,. Before you leave take a ground this ancient University chief sights Are the 13th Century i a ethic. Rcd ten Dottone Cathedral with it Alt foot spire the medieval Kau Kaut on to Cathe dra Square and the Martins Tor and Schwa Bentor old City Gates from the Days when Freiburg was a medieval walled town. Leaving Freiburg take Highway 31, which cuts deeply into the Black Forest along the Hollen fal before it reaches narrow Gore jute in the Cliffs and climb b4kup Hills. If you have time take a Brief Detour to the top of the Feldberg. This can fat reached either by cutting off at Zarte Siinto a Steep but Welt surfaced Back Road or by taking a main Highway from Tutti from the top of the Feldberg nearly $,000 feet High you get a magnificent Panorama of the Schwarzwald on a Sharp Clear autumn Day you can even see the Voge mountains on the other Side of the Rhin in France. ,. Next Stop is the Titi see. One of a series of ice cold sparkling Mountain lakes i this part of the Black Forest. This is Well known resort and if you like Youcan hire a boat for a Brief Row around the Lake. Follow Highway 31 to with its Castle and twin towered baroque Church then head North on 27 to a Midi evil City on to site of a roman a Flient. A noted Tor of Mick Gate. Its two rothia churches and its Lorencka Pelc a ten Chapel now a museum of religious Carv Ings and sculptures on the ramparts evils looking the Nee car River. \ follow the Neckar to Horb then to Tine along Highway 14 Toffton to Stuttgart a. This is necessarily Only a Quick map Flitt of the attractions of the Black Forest. Vat could spend weeks exploring its Valley and byways. If you Cut off the main Road onto the Well surfaced secondary arte fat you la make plenty of discoveries of your own Lovely View isolated farmhouses and tells tiny shrines and even imposing lurches one of the largest domed churches in Europe for example is hidden away in the tiny town of is Blasgen. Lot far from Tutti see. If you re a camera fan take plenty of. Film. The impulse to Click away i Welt nigh arrest Lyle. The tour outlined is Only on of
