While Germany's Black Forest is famous for its cake and cuckoo ... From outside, the thatched-roof building appears large and is nearly barn-like in its size; the narrow staircases and low ...

THE FAIRY TALE version of Germany still exists, more than anywhere else, in the Black Forest. Villages of half-timbered houses dot deep valleys in the shadow of mountainsides thick with spruce and ...

Built as a barn in 1640, it was transformed into ... a region on the western edge of Germany’s Black Forest. Like many other villages nearby, people visit here for world-class restaurants ...

Firefighters are focusing on hot spots and shoring up containment lines after a wind-driven blaze in Black Forest burned down a barn and came within feet of a home. The fire broke out in the 12000 ...