The Black Forest (German:
Schwarzwald) is a large forested mountain range in the state of
Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany. It is bounded by the Rhine valley to
the west and south. Its highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493
meters (4,898 ft). The region is roughly oblong in shape with a length of 160
km (99 mi) and breadth of up to 50 km (31 mi). Traditional costume or Trachten
is still sometimes worn today, usually at festive occasions. The appearance of
such costume varies from region to region, sometimes very markedly. One of the
best known Black Forest costumes is that of the villages of Kirnbach,
Reichenbach and Gutach im Kinzigtal with the characteristic Bollenhut headdress.
Unmarried women wear the hats with red bobbles or Bollen, married women wear
black. Engaged women sometimes wear a bridal crown before and on the day of
their wedding, the so-called Schäppel, whose largest examples from the town of
St. Georgen weigh up to 5 kilograms.
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