Schramberg: Löwenstraße
Built around a medieval settlement in the narrow Schiltach valley, Schramberg grew into a Black Forest industrial town. Löwenstraße passes through the compact centre, where homes, shops and public buildings occupy the limited valley floor below wooded slopes. The Schiltach, a tributary of the Kinzig, gives the town its elongated shape; neighbourhoods extend onto the surrounding hillsides rather than across a broad plain. Schramberg became an important centre of clockmaking in the 19th century. Junghans, founded here in 1861, developed into one of Germany’s best-known watch and clock manufacturers, and that industrial heritage remains central to the town’s identity. Löwenstraße reflects the close connection between everyday town life and the upland landscape of the central Black Forest.
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The landscape around Schramberg is a steep, forested network of Black Forest valleys, which has shaped both the compact urban form and the town’s manufacturing economy. The Schiltach runs through the Talstadt, while wooded slopes rise directly behind its streets. Clockmaking made Schramberg internationally known: Junghans was founded here in 1861, and its factory architecture remains an important part of the townscape. The Auto- und Uhrenwelt Schramberg presents local automobile and timepiece production, placing industrial heritage within a setting defined by forest and narrow valleys. Move on to other webcams in Baden-Württemberg to compare valley settlements and upland settings around the Black Forest.
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