Map notes
The production of wool in the region around Karlsruhe is closely connected to the South German tradition of nomadic sheep farming. This practice is recognised by UNESCO as part of the nation's Intangible Cultural Heritage. According to statistics from 2019, there were around 215,500 sheep and about 1,300 sheep farmers with 20 or more sheep in Baden-Württemberg (the state in which Karlsruhe is located). Several sheep farms (dots) connected to the workshop ‘On Entanglements and Felting’ are shown here in relation to all areas where livestock is raised (solid dots) within the Karlsruhe bioregion.
References
- European Space Agency (ESA). 2017. ‘Mapping Germany’s Agricultural Landscape’. August 29. https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2017/08/Mapping_Germany_s_agricultural_landscape.
- GBIF.org User. 2025. ‘Occurrence Download’. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Text/tab-separated-values,application/zip, 10679. https://doi.org/10.15468/DL.V6XBTZ.