At Schramberg’s Car and Clock World in Germany’s Black Forest, a mannequin demonstrates the clock-marketing techniques of the 1950s. ( PETER_NEVILLE-HADLEY ) At Rombach and Haas in the Black ...

Black Forest cakes and pastries, responsible for making you drool, share a strong linkage with cuckoo clocks. Wondering how? It’s their place of origin – Black Forest (a.k.a Scharzwald) in ...

Germans are famous for excelling. While notoriously well organized and efficient, they are also experts at relaxing. Explore Germany’s Black Forest — with its venerable trails and world-class ...

Time will fly on a nine-day tour that introduces participants to some of Switzerland’s luxury watchmakers as well as the world-famous cuckoo clocks of Germany’s Black Forest.

Think of the Black Forest and you might think of bright red ladies' hats topped with pom-poms, cuckoo clocks and Black Forest gateau. Steeped in history, the Black Forest in south-western Germany ...

His Black Forest cuckoo clocks, which range in price from $120 to $200 and up, feature not just the traditional cuckoo on the hour, but also have tiny figures in lederhosen drinking beer, chopping ...

An early Black Forest cuckoo clock, circa 1870 (image: wikimedia commons) For a long time, the cuckoo clock was attributed to Franz Anton Ketterer, a clockmaker of some repute from the Black ...

Germany's Black Forest got its name from the conifers that block out most light below, giving the region a mysterious aura. Add castles, cuckoo clocks, castles and tiny villages and you've got the ...

In addition to cuckoo clocks with animated figures of woodsmen chopping, drinkers raising their beers, or sweeps popping out of chimneys, there were others elaborately carved with forest-related ...