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Schwarzwald-Baar

Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis
District
Baden-Württemberg VS.svg
Country  Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Adm. region Freiburg
Capital Villingen-Schwenningen
Area
 • Total 1,025.23 km2 (395.84 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2015)
 • Total 209,648
 • Density 200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration VS
Website http://www.schwarzwald-baar-kreis.de

Schwarzwald-Baar is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Ortenaukreis, Rottweil, Tuttlingen, Constance, the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen, and the districts Waldshut, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and Emmendingen.

The district was created in 1973, when the two districts Donaueschingen and Villingen were merged.

The district got its name from the two predominant landscapes in the district. The Black Forest (Schwarzwald), and the Baar, the foothills between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alb. Both the Danube River and the Neckar River have their origins in the Schwarzwald and Baar district.

Coordinates: 48°01′N 8°26′E / 48.017°N 8.433°E / 48.017; 8.433


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