Leininger Sporn
The Leininger Sporn is a highly prominent ridge in the northeast of the Palatinate Forest in western Germany, mainly composed of the rock formations of the Middle and Upper Bunter. It forms the western edge of Upper Rhine Plain between Grünstadt in the north and Leistadt, a village in the county of Bad Dürkheim, in the southeast.Landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatine Nature Conservation AdministratioLeininger Sporn landscape fact file Retrieved 10 November 2012 In the natural region system of the German Central Uplands it is considered one of the four sub-units of the Middle Palatinate Forest. Geography Location The Leininger Sporn lies between the valleys of the river Isenach in the south and the Eckbach stream in the north, and has an area of around 44.8 km². From north to south it is about 10 kilometres long, and from east to west it is about 4 to 5, and at its northern tip, only about 2 to 3 kilometres wide.The outer boundary of this hill ridge ...
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