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

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. It is bordered by the southeastern edge of the

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to the west, the southwestern part of the Swabian Alb known as the Heuberg to the east, and the

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mountain to the south. The Baar contains the source of the

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(a bog in Villingen-Schwenningen) and the

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. The sources of the Danube, the Brigach and Breg, originate in

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and

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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 Swabian Alb 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

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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, Bräunlingen, Brigachtal, Donaueschingen, Hüfingen,

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Trossingen Trossingen (Swabian German, Swabian: ''Drossinge'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in a region called Baar (region), Baar, between the Swabian Alb and the Black Forest. Stuttgart is about an hour away, Lake Constance abo ...

and Villingen-Schwenningen *Baaralb **

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, Blumberg, Geisingen, Hintschingen, Zimmern, Immendingen, Spaichingen, Aldingen and Tuttlingen *Wutachland ** Löffingen 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