page_title: Herrenwieser Schwallung
section_title: Timber transportation
hierarchical_section_title: Herrenwieser Schwallung / Timber transportation
caption_attribution_description: This image has been taken by Wikipedia-ce in january of 2006 and it is public domain. It shows the so called "Schwallung" of the Schwarzenbach near Herrenwies in the black forest, viewed from the upper side.
context_page_description: The Herrenwieser Schwallung is a splash dam, built in 1844–47 of bunter sandstone, near Herrenwies in the Black Forest, which impounds the waters of the Schwarzenbach stream into a pond. In the days of timber rafting it was periodically opened and washed the fallen logs or timber rafts downstream into the valley. Today the dam acts as a bridge over the Schwarzenbach.
context_section_description: The logs for timber rafting were hauled down tracks (Lotwegen) from the mountains to the rafting pond (Floßstube) on the valley side of the splash dam by horses and stored there. By suddenly opening the two lock gates, the logs floated into the Murg valley. Rafters (Floßknechte) freed any jammed logs using raft poles (Floßstangen). This work on the raft was dangerous and drew onlookers from the surrounding area, for example from the nearby town of Baden-Baden.
  Further downstream on the Murg in Gernsbach and Hörden the logs were roped together into timber rafts and floated down to the River Rhine, where they were combined into larger rafts that were hauled to Holland for sale.
caption: Upstream view of the gates
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