Aerial view of the inner city

Furtwangen is a small city located in the Black Forest region of south western Germany. It belongs to the district (Kreis) of Schwarzwald-Baar along with the two more important cities of Villingen and Schwenningen. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (708x800, 201 KB) Description Aerial view of the small south-western German town Furtwangen in the Black forest. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (708x800, 201 KB) Description Aerial view of the small south-western German town Furtwangen in the Black forest. ... A map of Germany, showing the Black Forest in red. ... Schwarzwald-Baar is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Villingen-Schwenningen is the largest city of the Schwarzwald-Baar district located in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Villingen-Schwenningen is the largest city of the Schwarzwald-Baar district located in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ...

The total population of Furtwangen was 9673 inhabitants on December 31, 2004. Furtwangen gained the right to call itself a city in 1873. The Breg is a small stream which, coming from the mountaneous areas around Furtwangen, flows down through the inner city to the east direction. The Breg is one of the two little rivers which unite to form the river Donau. December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses of Danube, see Danube (disambiguation). ...

Furtwangen is a city with an industrial past: the manufacturing of cuckoo clocks. This industry was very important in previous centuries, but with the appearance of the quartz watch this branch of the economy is now almost gone. A cuckoo clock A cuckoo clock is a clock, typically a pendulum clock, that strikes the hours using small bellows and whistles that imitate the call of the Common Cuckoo bird in addition to striking on a wire gong. ...

Now Furtwangen is a city with a more balanced industry, there are many small and medium-sized industrial companies focused in microelectronics and precision mechanics. Among the cities within Germany, Furtwangen one of those with the lowest unemployment rate. Microelectronics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

There is a technical university Fachhochschule Furtwangen. This university specialises in microelectronics and precision mechanics (and other faculties). Beside one of the university entrances is the German Clock Museum (Deutsches Uhrenmuseum) with many ancient and modern clocks and watches on display. Tourists are often highly interested in visiting this museum. The University of applied science Furtwangen is one of the best universities in Germany. ...

Strongly frequented by traffic is the "B 500" country road which is also commonly known as the black forest "Panoramastraße". In 1972, the railway connection called Bregtalbahn was closed down after 80 years of being on duty. The railway track had led from Furtwangen to the city of Donaueschingen.

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Furtwangen Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... The Wikimedia Commons (also called Commons or Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 324 KB) Furtwangen in Feburar 2005. ...

Furtwangen in January 2005 (in the mist) ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1282 KB) Furtwangen in Januar 2005 and fog File links The following pages link to this file: Furtwangen ...

University of Applied Sciences Furtwangen Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 593 KB) University of Applied Sciences in Furtwangen (Germany) taken in Feburar 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Furtwangen ...

German Clock Museum Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1200x666, 1081 KB) Made on 21th April 2004 by User:MichaelDiederich File links The following pages link to this file: Furtwangen ...