Figure 3: Decline of full-time and part-time farms in the Provincial Administrative District of Freiburg (RegierungsbezirkFreiburg) from 1974 to 1994.


Figure 4: Decline of dairy farms in the Provincial Administrative District of Freiburg (Regierungsbezirk Freiburg) from 1974 to 1994.


Figure 5: Decline of dairy cows in the Provincial Administrative District of Freiburg (Regierungsbezirk Freiburg) from 1964 to 1994. This graph shows that the decline of dairy farming can be traced back for a longer period of time. It has, however, accelerated in later years.


Figure 6: Increase of suckling cows in the Provincial Administrative District of Freiburg (Regierungsbezirk Freiburg) from 1974 to 1994.


Figure 7: Increase of wooded area and decline of agricultural land in three communities (A, B, C) in the Central Black Forest/District of Emmendingen.


Figure 8: Decline of area for agriculture (mainly grassland) and increase of forests (hatched areas; mainly spruce plantations) in the central Black Forest since 1900.


Figure 9: Decline of trainees in agriculture in the Provincial Administrative District of Freiburg (Regierungsbezirk Freiburg) from 1939 to 1994 (250 trainees per year would be the minimum required to secure the future of 8,000 full-time farms (approximately the current status) in the region.



Figure 11: A survey of 1.000 sites with chalk grassland communities (down) showed that most of the plots are smaller than 10 hectares and most of them are isolated with long distances in between. This is a crucial point when new concepts for grazing shall be established (Beinlich & Plachter 1995, according to MELUF 1982).


Figure 12: Notations of attractions used in tourist publicity of 25 communities in the Western Lake of Constance region in the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg (Albrecht 1996): 1. landscape, flora and fauna, nature conservation aspects; 2: community, architecture, historical sites; 3. gastronomy; 4: sport (events/activities), 5. culture (events/activities).


Figure 13: Assessment of mayors and /or persons responsible for the tourist sector in 13 communities in the Western Lake of Constance region in the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg about the average input of local/regional food in the restaurants within their communities (Albrecht 1996).


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