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Steeped in myth and legend, the forest has long held deep meaning and been a source of fascination. How did the woods become so symbolic for so many, from the romantics and the Nazis to modern environmentalists?

Few places in Germany are as brimming with tales of mythical beings as Reinhardswald. The woodland is at the heart of a 600-kilometer (372-mile) route once home to magic mirrors, fairy godmothers, princesses, and goblins — if legends are to be believed.

Near Reinhardswald, a courageous prince was said to have awoken sleeping beauty from her long slumber with true love's first kiss. And Rapunzel let down her long golden hair from a tower so her rescuer could clamber up.

The Sababurg Castle. According to German fairytales, a particular beauty slept here for 100 years before being awoken by her prince

In fact, it was around this erstwhile heavily-forested place that the Brothers Grimm collected many of their fairytales, helping to cement the forest's central place in the German imagination.

Read more:10 Brothers Grimm fairy tales you should know

Read more:What's lurking in the German forest?

Once upon a time

The Grimms simply wrote down the stories that had been part of an oral folk tradition for generations. Whether a princess really slept for 100 years is immaterial. What's important is the the message behind the stories, as well as their setting: a dark and sinister woods home to all kinds of danger.

Read more: German grandma proves hit with YouTube bedtime tales

In the tale of Hänsel and Gretel, for instance, the unfortunate siblings are abandoned in the forest by their parents. There, they must contend with a cannibalistic witch, recaps Erik Aschenbrand, manager of the Reinhardswald park.

'The witch is the personification of the danger that lurks in the forest,' said Aschenbrand. 'But they overcome, the danger and emerge from the forest happy,' he points out.

The linden tree, with its profusion of leaves and healing powers, was the only tree accepted in cities in medieval times

In that reading, the bleak forest is an unpredictable realm full of challenges that must be overcome. But does that make it evil? Well, that depends on your perspective. The forest is home to wild creatures, and humans have long been wary of what might lurk there, say experts.

'The Black Forest is not called the Black Forest because it casts dark shadows,' explains Uwe Schmidt, a professor of forest history at the University of Freiburg in southern Germany.

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'If you look at a painting from the Middle Ages, hostility toward the forest really jumps out. The forest isn't even painted because it's 'black' — or uncivilized and inhospitable.'

In contrast to today's cities, in which green spaces and trees are treasured, wild nature was not welcome to the settlements of the Middle Ages. For instance, medieval Freiburg had virtually no trees, although it is literally in in the Black Forest, says Schmidt.

Read more:Highlights in the Black Forest

Exhausting the forest

Still, even as medieval societies viewed the forest as gloomy place, they also saw it as an apparently limitless source of wood and resources to be exploited. It wasn't until the Baroque period of the early 17th and 18th centuries that the consequences of such an attitude became clear.

During this period, cities grew rapidly, commerce bloomed, and palaces and castles became larger and more pompous. Merchants and craftsmen in particular strove to enhance their wealth — and the resources to do so came largely from the forest.

During the Baroque period, so much forest was cleared that it led to a crisis

In the 18th century, up to 10 million cubic meters of wood a year was used for new roof beams, ship hulls and charcoal, says Schmidt. The latter fueled the first industrial enterprises, as the use of coal was still in its infancy.

As a result, forests were disappearing, particularly near cities and commercial centers.

But just as woodlands were fading from the real landscape, their presence was growing in the German imagination — namely in culture, music, art and literature.

Read more:The origins of the Germans' special relation to the forest

Romanticism and the last forest

At the beginning of the 19th century, the love of nature that characterized the romantic movement inspired writers, like the Grimms, to glorify the forest and the poor people who had always lived there. Landscape artists, including Caspar David Friedrich — who is renowned for his landscape paintings, including of trees and forests — became immensely popular.

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Read more:Masterpieces Revisited: Wanderer above the Sea of Fog

Germany embarked on tree-planting schemes to replace felled forests. Soon, Schmidt explained, forestry became a dream profession, and bagging a forester as a husband became a goal for many women, who due to their gender and the time period, couldn't go into the job themselves.

The Town Musicians of Bremen were four domestic animals who, according to fairytales, scared off robbers and captured their spoils

At the same time, visitors came to the forest looking for an idealized, natural and intact world as an escape from the chaotic industrializing cities of 1800s.

That's still the case today, said Reinhardswald manager Aschenbrand.

'City folk have a completely different view of nature than the people who live there. They see the forest as the opposite world to their city,' he said.

Forest turns black again

But as Germany turned toward fascism in the 20th century, the connection to the forest took on a darker meaning.

When the Nazis came to power, they capitalized on the myths of the German forest, and on its good reputation.

'During the time of National Socialism, the forest became ideologically charged,' said Schmidt.

According to that ideology, the Germans were innately connected to the woodlands through the nation's founding myth — the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

By the end of the 19th century, forester was suddenly a dream job — and a dream son-in-law

The story goes that Germanic tribes led by Hermann slaughtered the Roman legions in the forest, causing Rome to abandon its plans to take over the lands east of the River Rhine.

The Nazis built out the mythology that the German forest and people were one and the same. This idea served to exclude groups not deemed to be part of this unit.

This ideology propagated the view that Jews were the people of the steppes, or grasslands, and were not capable of understanding Germany's forest culture, explained Schmidt.

Read more:Millennia of history in the Teutoburg Forest region

Even so, when World War II ended, the forest again became a place of respite. 'The forest regenerated more quickly than the bombed-out cities,' said Schmidt. Under the trees, people could forget all the destruction and violence, at least for a time.

In the 1980s, Germans became so worried about the demise of their forests that they turned to activism

'Mirror for society'

Since then, the forest has remained a treasured place. It became a poster child for Germany's environmental movement in the 1980s, when public concern over acid rain destroying the country's remaining woodlands reached its zenith.

'Veritable end-time scenarios were being projected when it came to how forests might look in Germany in two or three decades,' said Schmidt, adding that these concerns helped make Germans more environmentally conscious and aware of the consequences of an affluent lifestyle.

Read more:Germany's Green party: How it evolved

In Germany, the forest has always been a 'mirror for society' and its anxieties, believes the forest historian.

'German history is an excellent example of the diverse functions a forest can have, and which values it possesses for a society,' Schmidt concluded.

• Forests in Germany

  Bavarian Forest National Park

  The treetop path near Neuschönau leads the visitors over 1.3 kilometers to undreamt-of heights and opens uniquely beautiful views over the landscape of the Bavarian Forest, especially from the 44 meter high tree tower. In 1970 the Bavarian Forest was declared a national park - the first in Germany.

• Forests in Germany

  Berchtesgaden National Park

  It's the only German national park in the Alps. Because of its high mountain location, with a bit of luck, hikers here can spot such rare animals as the alpine ibex, golden eagle, alpine hare and alpine marmot.

• Forests in Germany

  Black Forest National Park

  Since January 2014, parts of the Northern Black Forest have been under special protection. The North Black Forest National Park in Baden-Württemberg is a showcase project championed by Winfried Kretschman, state premier and Green Party member.

• Forests in Germany

  Jasmund National Park

  It's Germany's smallest national park, but that doesn't diminish its beauty. Jasmund National Park, in the far north of the island of Rügen, is home to one of the world's few surviving primeval beech forests. In 2011, UNESCO declared it part of the World Heritage Site, 'Ancient Beech Forests of Germany'.

• Forests in Germany

  Müritz National Park

  Woodlands, lakes and marshes shape the scenery in Müritz National Park in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. After repeated human intervention in this habitat, its flora and fauna are being a given a chance to recover. The cultivated pine forests are gradually being replaced with deciduous trees such as beech and birch.

• Forests in Germany

  The Elbe Riverscape

  An alluvial forest is considered an important part of a riverscape. Regular flooding provides a unique habitat for flora and fauna, as it does here on the Elbe in the state of Brandenburg. The Elbe River Landscape has been a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 1997.

• Forests in Germany

  Harz Mountains

  This low mountain range is not just one of the largest forested areas in Germany. It's also one of the most popular. As early as 1824, the writer Heinrich Heine devoted a travelogue to it. In the middle of the Harz is the Brocken, whose summit is many a hiker's destination. In addition, many animal and plant species live in these mixed forests, among them this endangered Brocken anemone.

• Forests in Germany

  Hainich National Park

  The largest contiguous deciduous mixed forest in Germany lies in the state of Thüringen, or Thuringia. Because of its native beech forests with up to 800 ancient trees, UNESCO declared it a World Heritage Site in 2011. It's home to many rare animal species, such as the European wildcat.

• Forests in Germany

  Northern Upper Palatinate Forest

  Here, too, some habitats, such as moist and marshy meadow valleys, woodlands and streams, are still almost in their original state. They lend the countryside a mystical quality. The ruins of Flossenbürg Castle are a landmark in the Northern Upper Palatinate Forest nature reserve.

• Forests in Germany

  Spessart

  A range of low wooded mountains on the border between Hesse and Bavaria, the Spessart was once used as a hunting ground by aristocrats and archbishops. The 19th-century bands of brigands there are also legendary. Wilhelm Hauff immortalized them in his novella 'The Inn in the Spessart' in 1827.

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Park Forest Village is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Patton and Ferguson townships, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, PennsylvaniaMetropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 9,660 at the 2010 census.^[1]

History[edit]

Park Forest Village, created in 1956, was the first large suburban development near State College. This neighborhood won several national awards for its design, which moved away from the straight streets and clear cutting typical of post World War II suburban developments. The use of gracefully curved streets and the retention of trees established a pattern for future developments everywhere.

Geography[edit]

Park Forest Village is located in southern Centre County at 40°48′4″N77°54′34″W / 40.80111°N 77.90944°W (40.801060, -77.909423).^[2] The eastern end of the community touches the northwest corner of the borough of State College. The northern edge of the community is defined by U.S. Route 322 Business (North Atherton Street).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.45 square miles (6.35 km²), all of it land. The subdivision was originally developed on 1,000 acres (4.0 km²) of land known as part of the Barrens in Patton Township by J. Alvin Hawbaker, a well-known real estate developer in State College. Mr. Hawbaker's assistant designer was a noted architect/landscape architect Carl W. Wild, who insisted on focusing on street tree-plantings to define each street and maintaining as many naturally growing trees, as possible. Through their company, Park Forest Enterprises, they created the cul de sac and curved streets design of Park Forest Village which ended up yielding more housing units per square mile than the conventional city grid pattern. Park Forest Village also utilized several localized parks so that common recreation areas would be accessible to each neighborhood in the subdivision. The landscaping of each homesite also retained as many native trees on the original land as possible, giving each property abundant trees and a mature, long-term, lived in look as opposed to young sapling trees planted at the time most conventional homes were constructed that took years to grow and mature. As the building of the subdivision progressed, utility lines were buried so that telephone and power line poles became unnecessary, giving the streets a cleaner design and look. J. Alvin Hawbaker also pioneered the 'Gallery of Homes' real estate marketing approach, which resulted in the sale of thousands of housing units within the area now known as Park Forest Village.

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Demographics[edit]

As of the census^[3] of 2010, there were 9,660 people, 3,923 households, and 2,092 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 3,971.3 people per square mile (1,533.3/km²). There were 4,029 housing units at an average density of 1,656.4/sq mi (639.6/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 78.5% White, 3.8% Black or African American, 0.1% Native American, 10.8% Asian, 1.0% from other races, and 2.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.2% of the population.

There were 3,923 households, out of which 23.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.9% were married couples living together, 2.6% had a male householder with no wife present, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.7% were non-families. 24.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 17.0% under the age of 18, 25.0% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.9 males.

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The median income for a household in the CDP was $51,587, and the median income for a family was $74,675. The per capita income for the CDP was $29,387. About 13.0% of families and 22.9% of the population were below the poverty line. However, traditional measures of income and poverty can be very misleading when applied to a community like Park Forest Village which is located only a few miles from Penn State University and has many student residents.

References[edit]

1. ^'Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Park Forest Village CDP, Pennsylvania'. U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on April 20, 2015. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
2. ^'US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990'. United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
3. ^'U.S. Census website'. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

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