The Baar () is a plateau that lies 600 to 900 metres above sea level in southwest

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. It is part of the

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(). It is bordered by the southeastern edge of the

Black Forest The Black Forest ( ) is a large forested mountain range in the States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is th ...

to the west, the southwestern part of the

Swabian Alb The Swabian Jura ( , more rarely ), sometimes also named Swabian Alps in English, is a mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending from southwest to northeast and in width. It is named after the region of Swabia. It is part of th ...

known as the Heuberg to the east, and the Randen mountain to the south. The Baar contains the source of the

Neckar The Neckar () is a river in Germany, mainly flowing through the southwestern States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, with a short section through Hesse. The Neckar is a major right tributary of the Rhine. Rising in the Schwarzwald-Baar ...

(a bog in Villingen-Schwenningen) and the

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. The sources of the Danube, the Brigach and Breg, originate in Furtwangen im Schwarzwald and Sankt Georgen im Schwarzwald and join the smaller Donaubach in Donaueschingen. The coldest point in Germany is also located at Donaueschingen in a low cold air basin which experiences its first frost as early as September 20 on average, earlier than the surrounding Black Forest.

Landscape

The Baar is composed of several types of landscape. In the west is Baarschwarzwald (the Black Forest), in the center Baarhochmulde (a marshy area), in the south the Wutachland around the Wutach river, and in the east the Baaralb, a low area with

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s of the

like the Hohenkarpfen and the Lupfen, which is the highest point in the Baar at 977 metres. The Baar makes up the core of the Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg administrative region of

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

and contains the district Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis (except for its northwest portion), the western part of Kreis Tuttlingen, and the southern part of Kreis Rottweil, and juts out into Kreis Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald.

Cities and towns of the Baar

*Baarschwarzwald ** St. Georgen, Furtwangen, Königsfeld, and Vöhrenbach *Baarhochmulde **

Bad Dürrheim Bad Dürrheim (Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Diirä'') is a town in the district of Schwarzwald-Baar, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated east of the Black Forest, north of Donaueschingen, and southeast of Villingen-Schwenni ...

, Bräunlingen, Brigachtal, Donaueschingen,

Hüfingen Hüfingen ( Low Alemannic: ''Hifinge'') is a town in the district of Schwarzwald-Baar, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Breg, 4 km south of the source of the Danube. History Hüfingen has the historical distin ...

Rottweil Rottweil (; Alemannic: ''Rautweil'') is a town in southwest Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Rottweil was a free imperial city for nearly 600 years. Located between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alps, Rottweil has over 25,000 ...

, Trossingen and Villingen-Schwenningen *Baaralb ** Seitingen-Oberflacht,

Blumberg Blumberg () is a municipality situated in the Schwarzwald-Baar region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. south of Donaueschingen, it lies between the southern edge of the ''Schwarzwald'', the Black Forest, the border with Switzerland's Canton of Sc ...

Geisingen Geisingen () is a town in the Tuttlingen (district), district of Tuttlingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the Danube, 13 km southwest of Tuttlingen, and 21 km southeast of Villingen-Schwenningen. History Geising ...

, Hintschingen, Zimmern,

Immendingen Immendingen is a municipality in the district of Tuttlingen (district), Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany located on the Upper Danube Nature Park, Upper Danube. It is famous for the Danube Sinkhole. Geography Immendingen is located on ...

, Spaichingen, Aldingen and Tuttlingen *Wutachland **

Löffingen Löffingen () is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 14 km southwest of Donaueschingen, and 40 km southeast of Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the Li ...

and Döggingen {{Coord, 47, 57, N, 8, 30, E, source:kolossus-nowiki, display=title Regions of Baden-Württemberg Natural regions of the Neckar and Tauber Gäu Plateaus