Calw is a town in the middle of Baden-Württemberg in the south of Germany, capital and largest town of the district Calw. It is located in the Northern Black Forest and is approximately 18 km (11 mi) south of Pforzheim and 33 km (21 mi) west of Stuttgart. It has the status of a große Kreisstadt.
Market square
Calw in 1910.
Image: Calw Marktplatz
Image: Calw schnaufer 1
The Northern Black Forest refers to the northern third of the Black Forest in Germany or, less commonly today, to the northern half of this mountain region.
Western side of the Northern Black Forest on the Hornisgrinde showing the steep descent to the Upper Rhine Plain. In the background: the Vosges
Bad Wildbad
The Hornisgrinde seen from the Hohloh
The Huzenbacher See, one of the tarns in the Northern Black Forest