Rottweil in the Black Forest

Map: Black Forest

Information in brief

• Location: at the eastern edge of the Black Forest, between Stuttgart and Lake Constance
• Autobahn A 81 exit at Rottweil (No. 34)
• 510-750 m above sea level
• 25.000 inhabitants
• Districts: Feckenhausen, Göllsdorf, Hausen ob Rottweil, Neufra, Neukirch, Zepfenhan

Description

Rottweil is located on the Neckar at the eastern edge of the Black Forest. The Rottweil Carnival is one of the oldest of the Swabian-Alemannic 'Fasnet' and is steeped in tradition.

Photo: The 'Fedarahannes', one the figures of the Rottweil Carnival

Photo: Carnival procession

Photo: historical carnival procession