[Woodcarver] Black Forest definition...

[Ralph Scheffler]

The Black Forest region in Southern Germany is home to the Cuckoo Clock in 
Freiberg, Germany.  This is also a famous University town with extensive 
instrumental and vocal concerts held throughout the year.  It is the home of 
my father's heritage which I had the opportunity to visit a few years ago.
Ralph
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From: "Ivan Whillock" <carve at whillock.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 11:06 AM
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>>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

> The cuckoo clock was invented in the Black Forest town of Schönwald,

> Germany, by Franz Ketterer in 1738. Ketterer designed the system of small

> bellows and whistles that imitates the Cuckoo's call, and added them to a

> standard Dutch clock. Later refinements of the design changed the clock's

> shape to the familiar birdhouse or chalet. The centre of their production

> continues to be in the Black Forest region of Germany, in the area of

> Triberg and Neustadt. The cuckoo clock is often wrongly associated with

> Switzerland, as in the movie The Third Man. This error is probably due to 

> a

> story by Mark Twain in which the hero depicts the Swiss town of Lucerne as

> the home of cuckoo clocks.

> ----- Original Message ----- 

> From: "Doris Briggs" <roadend at shaw.ca>

> To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>

> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 12:37 PM

> Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Black Forest definition...

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>> Hi Sally,

>>

>> I found this info on a Google search, so there is a definite

>> geographical region.  Most of the history seem centered around the

>> cuckoo clocks, but they did other carving as well.  It is a very

>> interesting area to research.

>>

>>   "The Black Forest, or Schwarzwald, is a section of Southwestern

>> Germany that borders on Switzerland on the south, on the Neckar River

>> to the East and on France to the West. The Northern gate to the Black

>> Forest is Pforzheim.

>>    The Black Forest is named for the beautiful mountain landscape with

>> its dense population of pine trees. It is a region of incomparably

>> unspoiled nature with its forests, mountains and meadows.

>>

>>   The Black Forest is known for its half-timber houses many of them 300

>> years old. The craftsmen of the area are well known around the world

>> for their cuckoo clocks and the Christmas season is never complete

>> without a nutcracker from this region. Castles, vineyards and orchards

>> dot the hillsides."

>>

>> TTYL,

>> Doris

>>

>> On 19-Jul-05, at 9:44 AM, sally nye wrote:

>> >  Hello list,

>> > Is there a description/definition for Black Forest wood carving?  If a

>> > test was given for a Master Wood Carver Guild to give a specific

>> > definition for chip carving, high relief etc.  How would the correct

>> > answer read for Black Forest?

>> >

>> > Does  Black Forest wood carving have a specific geographical region?

>> >

>> >

>>

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