The 1968 Black Forest tornado, also called "Pforzheimer Tornado", was a powerful and long-lived F4 tornado that damaged about 3700 buildings in Pforzheim and the surrounding municipalities in Germany.[1] In Neubärental 70 out of 115 buildings were severely damaged.[2][3] There were two fatalities in Ottenhausen, west of Pforzheim and over 200 injured in Pforzheim. In the subsequent weeks an additional 130 people were injured and a roofer died during the clean-up and reconstruction. The tornado produced 130 Million DM in damage.[4] With inflation this amounts to a damage of €282 Million as of 2023.[5] The large cost is explained by a more densely populated area in southern Germany, when compared to the tornado alley in the USA.[3]
Other even stronger tornadoes are known in Europe, but most do not hit an urban area as large as Pforzheim and the surrounding municipalities.[4]
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