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Walking was invented in the Black Forest

It was Philipp Bussemer from Baden-Baden who, at the end of the last century, opened what was probably the first tourist information centre in the Black Forest next to his haberdashery shop. For him, publishing hiking maps and numerous hiking guides for the Black Forest Society was more important than his career.

In the lectures he gave on the West Route he maintained that the sprightly hiker could manage the West Route in eight days. These days we would call that "power walking".
And talking of walking - the high priest of walking, Gary Yanker from the USA, tells in his book entitled "Walking" how it was at the Black Forest Society in Neustadt that he discovered his love of walking and developed his walking skills. Hiking, walking and trekking have been part of the Black Forest's history for more than 100 years.
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