Winter on Schauinsland: famous "Windbuchen" (beeches bent by the wind)

Schauinsland (literally "look into the country"; near Freiburg, Germany), is a mountain in the Black Forest with an elevation of 1,284 m (3281 ft) above sea level. For the babyfood see Beech-Nut. Beech ( Fagus) is a genus of ten Species of Deciduous Trees in the Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. For the suburb of Adelaide, please see Black Forest South Australia; for the CDP in Colorado, please see Black Forest Colorado. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Mean sea level (MSL is the average (mean height of the Sea, with reference to a suitable reference surface

The area is good for a number of outdoor adventurous activities including hiking, skiing and mountain biking. The word 'hiking' is understood in all English-speaking countries but there are differences in usage Snow skiing is a group of sports utilizing Skis as primary equipment Mountain biking entails the Sport of riding Bicycles off-road often over rough terrain whether riding specially equipped Mountain bikes or hybrid road bikes There is also a solar observatory nearby [1], a Global Atmosphere Watch monitoring station, and the interesting Eugen-Keidel Tower. The Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW is a worldwide system established by the World Meteorological Organization a United Nations agency to monitor trends in the Eugen-Keidel Tower is a 31 metre high observation tower on the Schauinsland mountain near Freiburg Germany. Especially in autumn, during temperature inversion, there is a nice view from the Schauinsland to the Vosges mountains. In meteorology an inversion is a deviation from the normal change of an atmospheric property with altitude The Vosges (voːʒ or Vosges Mountains are a Mountain range in eastern France, stretching along the west side of the Rhine valley Under appropriate weather conditions there is an excellent view of a large part of the Swiss Alps. The Swiss Alps (Schweizer Alpen Alpes suisses Alpi svizzere Alps svizras are the central portion of the Alps Mountain range that lies within

The 12 km (7. 5 mile) long, twisty road leading up the mountain was used for hillclimbing races. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States Hillclimbing (also known as hill climbing, speed hillclimbing or speed hill climbing) is a branch of Motorsport in which drivers compete against In some years, it also hosted the Großer Bergpreis von Deutschland, like on September 27 1936, won by Bernd Rosemeyer. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Season Review European Championship Grands Prix Non-championship Grands Prix Grandes Épreuves are denoted by a yellow background Bernd Rosemeyer ( October 14, 1909 in Lingen, Lower Saxony, Germany – January 28, 1938 on the Frankfurt

Mining

For over 700 years lead, silver and zinc was mined in the area. The production was closed in 1954.

External links

• (German) Information about and images
• (German) [2]
• Schauinsland Webcams
• Schauinsland Mine