Single achievement

The Black Forest

Official achievement authored by JimG008.

The Black Forest stretches from the High Rhine in the south to the Kraichgau in the north. In the west it is bounded by the Upper Rhine Plain (which, from a natural region perspective, also includes the low chain of foothills); in the east it transitions to the Gäu, Baar and hill country west of the Klettgau. From north to south, the Black Forest extends for over 160 km (100 mi), attaining a width of up to 50 km (30 mi) in the south and 30 km (20 mi) in the north. The Black Forest is the highest part of the South German Scarplands, and much of it is densely wooded, a fragment of the Hercynian Forest of antiquity.

In ancient times, the Black Forest was known as Abnoba mons, after the Celtic deity, Abnoba. The Black Forest probably represented the border area of the Marcomanni ("border people") who were settled east of the Roman limes. They, in turn, were part of the Germanic tribe of Suebi, who subsequently gave their name to the historic state of Swabia. With the exception of Roman settlements on the perimeter (e.g. the baths in Badenweiler, and mines near Badenweiler and Sulzburg) and the construction of the Roman road of Kinzigtalstraße, the colonization of the Black Forest was not carried out by the Romans but by the Alemanni. They settled and first colonized the valleys, crossing the old settlement boundary, the so-called "red sandstone border", for example, from the region of Baar. Soon afterwards, increasingly higher areas and adjacent forests were colonized, so that by the end of the 10th century, the first settlements could be found in the red (bunter) sandstone region. These include, for example, Rötenbach, which was first mentioned in 819.

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Criteria

Depart from EDSB, fly to and land at LSZH (82 NM).
Date From To Pilot
29APR26 1730Z DE EDSB CH LSZH SpotJulien6931 155 nm 00:36
27APR26 1310Z DE EDSB CH LSZH VAF957 Paolo 91 nm 00:48
26APR26 1113Z DE EDSB CH LSZH Nico Klose 123 nm 00:52
24APR26 1355Z DE EDSB CH LSZH VAF215 Luca 165 nm 00:30
22APR26 1251Z DE EDSB CH LSZH Howling Banshee 144 nm 00:32
03APR26 1655Z DE EDSB CH LSZH SuPrA 129 nm 00:09
19MAR26 2057Z DE EDSB CH LSZH Kubek0012 109 nm 00:35
18MAR26 2003Z DE EDSB CH LSZH Rug4Ever2 119 nm 00:43
18MAR26 2000Z DE EDSB CH LSZH Commerzpunk 108 nm 00:40
13MAR26 1941Z DE EDSB CH LSZH Ariam Delgado 84 nm 00:57
11MAR26 1147Z DE EDSB CH LSZH Alexander Vertiy 125 nm 00:25
02MAR26 1551Z DE EDSB CH LSZH Anonymous 125 nm 00:29
28FEB26 0350Z DE EDSB CH LSZH Deputydan91 81 nm 00:32
23FEB26 1350Z DE EDSB CH LSZH Cammellodacorsa 141 nm 00:40
22FEB26 2140Z DE EDSB CH LSZH ET3CH_305 168 nm 00:37
22FEB26 0429Z DE EDSB CH LSZH NcGator424 101 nm 00:27
13FEB26 1752Z DE EDSB CH LSZH Delly 159 nm 00:29
08FEB26 2134Z DE EDSB CH LSZH AmboMong 126 nm 00:55
28JAN26 1734Z DE EDSB CH LSZH Delta Tango 83 nm 00:31
24JAN26 1924Z DE EDSB CH LSZH Patoch974 96 nm 00:36