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The German Forest ((ドイツ語:Deutscher Wald)) was a phrase used both as a metaphor as well as to describe in exaggerated terms an idyllic landscape in German poems, fairy tales and legends of the early 19th century Romantic period. Historical and cultural discourses declared it as the symbol of Germanic-German art and culture, or as in the case of Heinrich Heine or Madame de Staël, as a counter-image of French urbanity. It was also used with reference to historical or legendary events in German forests, such as Tacitus' description of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest or even the nature mysticism of the stylized Germanic national myth, the ''Nibelungenlied'' as the history of its multi-faceted reception shows.〔(Publikationen zur Rezeptionsgeschichte des Nibelungenliedes von Otfrid-Reinald Ehrismann ), retrieved 23 July 2009〕 The early conservation and environmental movement, the tourism that was already under way in the 19th century, the youth movement, the social democratic Friends of Nature, the Wandervögel youth groups, the walking clubs and the right-wing Völkisch movement saw in forests an important element of German cultural landscapes. In Nazi ideology, the motif of the "German Forest" was comparable to their "Blood and Soil" slogan, a typical Germanic symbol. Propaganda, political symbolism and landscape planning drew on this as a central theme for the period after a German victory.〔''"Unmittelbar an der Grenze unseres neuen Lebensraumes gegen Osten müssen auch Bäume als deutsche Zeichen des Lebens stehen."'' from: Heinrich Friedrich Wiepking-Jürgensmann: ''Deutsche Landschaft als deutsche Ostaufgabe'' In: Neues Bauerntum, Jg. 32 (1940), Issue 4/5, p. 132.〕 Albrecht Lehmann has postulated the continuity of a romantic forest idealism in the German peoples from the Romantic period to the 21st century that transcends class and generation.〔Lehmann, Albrecht (2001): ''Mythos deutscher Wald.'' In: Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Baden-Württemberg (publ.): ''Der deutsche Wald''. 51st Annual, Issue 1 (2001) ''Der Bürger im Staat''. pp. 4–9〕 Examples of the intense and distinctive handling of the cultural forest include the discussion of environmental damage and forest dieback, and the forms of commemoration and mourning associated with woodland cemeteries and natural burials.〔Birgit Heller, Franz Winter (eds.): ''Tod und Ritual: interkulturelle Perspektiven zwischen Tradition und Moderne.'' Österreichische Gesellschaft für Religionswissenschaft, LIT Verlag, Berlin-Hamburg-Münster, 2007, ISBN 3825895645〕 Polls show a specifically German notion of equating forests and nature. The forest as an educational medium and healthy environment has, in the context of environmental education (see, forest education and forest kindergarten)〔Waldpädagogik und Wahrnehmung von Wald und Natur, Kulturelle Bedingungen von Naturschutz und Umweltbildung vor dem Hintergrund sich wandelnder gesellschaftlicher Naturverhältnisse, Magister-Arbeit im Studiengang Soziologie, vorgelegt von Markus Barth, Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Erhard Stölting und Dr. Fritz Reusswig, Berlin, 16 August 2007〕 has a particular significance in the German-speaking region. == References == 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「German Forest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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