FURTWANGEN

city, Baden-Wrttemberg Land (state), southwestern Germany, in the upper valley of the Breg River, in the Black Forest (Schwarzwald), northeast of Freiburg im Breisgau. First mentioned in 1179, it was a possession of the abbey of St. George until it passed to Baden in 1806. It was chartered in 1873. Furtwangen has been a centre of the Black Forest clock industry since 1740 and has a clock museum. The city, at an altitude of 2,887 ft (880 m), is also a climatic health and winter resort. Pop. (1989 est.) 9,794.