Triberg im Schwarzwald is a town in

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

, located in the Schwarzwald-Baar district in the

Black Forest The Black Forest ( ) is a large forested mountain range in the States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is th ...

. Triberg lies in the middle of the Black Forest between 500 and 1038 metres above sea level. Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft Triberg, a regional utility, was founded 1896 by Friedrich Wilhelm Schoen, Wilhelm Eduard von Schoen and the famous industrialist and inventor Carl von Linde. It is still active today and partially owned by local municipalities. Watchmaking was once a thriving local industry, but no longer plays a central role in the economy. A private hospital, Asklepios Klinik, is the town's major employer. The number of inhabitants was estimated at around 4.650 in 2022. In 2020, the population was estimated at 4,656.

Sights

* The

Triberg Waterfalls The Triberg Waterfalls are waterfalls near Triberg in the Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg (Germany). With a descent of 163 m, it is one of the highest waterfalls in Germany and a landmark in the Black Forest region. Above Triberg, in the ...

, a series of waterfalls in the Gutach River, are among the highest in Germany. With a total vertical drop of 151m (496 feet), the falls are not as high as the highest waterfall in Germany, which is the

Röthbachfall The Röthbachfall () is the highest waterfall in Germany, with a vertical drop of 470 metres (1540 ft). The waterfall is located in the Berchtesgaden area on the Obersee (Königssee), Obersee lake. One way to visit the waterfall is to take ...

. However, the Triberg Falls are better known and have easier public access. * Black Forest Museum (''Schwarzwaldmuseum'') * Maria in der Tanne (Mary in the Firs), a baroque pilgrimage church dating from the 17th Century, once a destination of pilgrimage. * The handcarved council chamber (which can be seen on the town website) * World's biggest cuckoo clock * 40 tunnels of the Black Forest Railway around Triberg. * A monument dedicated to Robert Gerwig * Men's parking spaces, a global first introduced in 2012 *

Triberg Gallows The Triberg Gallows () is a double gallows on the heights known as ''Hochgericht''The local name ''Hochgericht'' ("High Court") does not refer to a high place, but to the High or Blood Court of a judicial district or territorial lordship. () on th ...

on the nearby heights of ''Hochgericht'' * A 23 metre high observation tower dedicated to the town's victims of the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

The Schwarzwaldbahn Erlebnispfad (Black Forest Railway Experience) is a walking route that takes in some of these sights.

Namesake

The

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619 Triberga is named after this town.

Notable inhabitants

* Efim Bogoljubow (1889–1952), Russian-born German chess player and world championship challenger *

Albrecht Dold Albrecht Dold (5 August 1928 – 26 September 2011) was a German mathematician specializing in algebraic topology who proved the Dold–Thom theorem, the Dold–Kan correspondence, and introduced Dold manifolds, Dold–Puppe stabilization, an ...

(1928–2011), mathematician and professor in Heidelberg * Christof Duffner (born 1971), former ski jumper * Hubert Lienhard (born 1951), Chairman of the Board of Management of Voith * Hans-Peter Pohl (born 1965), Olympic winner in Nordic Combined Calgary 1988

Legacy

Famous American novelist

Ernest Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway ( ; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized fo ...

mentioned Triberg in his short story The Snows of Kilimanjaro. The ''Hemingway Days'' were held annually from 1999 to 2002 until they finally were canceled because of a controversy regarding his alleged war crimes.Jeanette Moser
''Die mit dem Strom schwimmen''
Der Tagesspiegel, 19.12.2002.

Gallery

File:Reuse-koekoekklok naby Triberg.jpg, The world's largest cuckoo clock located in Triberg Image:Triberger wasserfall 1900.jpg, Waterfalls c.1900 Image:Wasserfälle.jpg, Illuminated waterfalls in winter File:Schwarzwaldmuseum in triberg.png, Schwarzwald museum

References

External links

*
The town website, including a downloadable town plan
*
Triberg on the "alemannische-seiten" website

* Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis {{SchwarzwaldBaar-geo-stub