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Westerwald (natural Region)
As well as being a low mountain range, the Westerwald is also a natural region in the system of natural regional division of Germany. Within that it is a major unit group with the number "32". According to this system the major unit group of the Westerwald belongs to the basement plate (''Grundgebirgsschollenland''), which describes the type of mountain-building process by which it was formed. The major unit group extends across the states of Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate. It is roughly bounded by the valleys of the Lahn (east and south), Rhine and Sieg (via Heller), whereby the hills immediately south of the Heller and Sieg are not considered to be part of it. Natural region divisions Below the major unit group are the major units which, in turn, are divided into sub-units, part-units and base-units. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mittelgebirge
A ''Mittelgebirge'' (German: ''Mittel'', "middle/medium"; ''Gebirge'', "mountain range") is a type of relatively low mountain range or highland area typical of the geography of central Europe, especially central and southern Germany; it refers to something between rolling low hill country or ''Hügelland'' and a proper mountain range (german: link=no, Gebirge or ''Hochgebirge'') like the High Alps. Characteristics The term is not precise, but typically refers to topography where the peaks rise at least to ''above the surrounding terrain'' (as opposed to above sea level). The summits usually do not reach the tree line and were not glaciated after the last glacial period. In contrast, ''Hochgebirge'' is used to refer to mountain ranges rising above approximately to . The delineation corresponds with the differentation between Montane and Alpine level according to altitudinal zonation. ''Mittelgebirge'' ranges In the plural, ''die Mittelgebirge'' (as opposed to the singular, ''d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asbach Plateau
Asbach may refer to: Places in Germany * Asbach, Birkenfeld, in the Birkenfeld district, Rhineland-Palatinate *Asbach (Verbandsgemeinde), a collective municipality in the Neuwied district, Rhineland-Palatinate **Asbach (Westerwald), a local municipality *Asbach-Sickenberg, in the Eichsfeld district, Thuringia *Asbach-Bäumenheim, in the Donau-Ries district, Bavaria *Asbach (Laberweinting), a village in Laberweinting, Straubing-Bogen district, Bavaria *A locality in Schmalkalden district, Thuringia *Asbach, Hesse Modautal is a municipality in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district, in Hesse, Germany. Approximately 5,050 inhabitants live in 11 districts on an area of 31 km2 with about 38.7% wood. The first historical chronicles date back to the 13th century. ..., a district of the municipality Modautal Other uses * Asbach Uralt, a German brandy See also * Aspach (other) {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montabaur Basin
Montabaur () is a town and the district seat of the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. At the same time, it is also the administrative centre of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Montabaur – a kind of collective municipality – to which 24 other communities belong. The town is known throughout the country for its strikingly yellow castle and its InterCityExpress railway station on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line. Geography Location Montabaur lies in the Westerwald, roughly 20 km northeast of Koblenz. About 14,000 people live in the city, while the district is home to about 40,000. Constituent communities Montabaur has seven outlying centres. In the north lies Eschelbach, and in the west lie Horressen and Elgendorf. Stretching south along the Gelbach valley are the pilgrimage centre of Wirzenborn, and, farther along still, Reckenthal, Bladernheim and Ettersdorf. Neighbouring communities Montabaur's neighbours are, clockwise beginning i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montabaur Heights
The Montabaur Heights (german: Montabaurer Höhe) are a 10 to 15 kilometre long, mostly wooded hill ridge in the southwestern Westerwald in Germany and lies mainly within the county of Westerwaldkreis. The ridge is geographically classified as sub-natural region 324.1 of the Lower Westerwald (major unit 324) and has its highest hill, the Alarmstange, whose summit rises six kilometres west of the town of Montabaur and about 12 km northeast of Koblenz Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili .... Literature * Mischa Ferdinand, Ursula Braun: ''Die Farnflora der Montabaurer Höhe'', Zweckverb. Naturpark Nassau, 1997 {{Authority control Westerwaldkreis Regions of the Westerwald Central Uplands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Westerwald
The Lower Westerwald (german: Niederwesterwald) is a region, over 1,300 km2 in area, in the west of the German hill range, the Westerwald, in the north of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and, for small elements, in the south of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It reaches a height of 544 metres, 12 km northeast of Koblenz at the Montabaur Heights. From a natural region perspective the Lower Westerwald is major unit 324 within the Westerwald (natural region), major unit group of Westerwald (32). In the south it also includes the historical cultural landscape of the Kannenbäckerland. The north(west) part of the Lower Westerwald is also called the Vorderwesterwald ("Anterior Westerwald") because, seen from Cologne and Bonn, it is at the front (''vorne'', "anterior") of the Westerwald. Its boundaries, however, only vaguely defined. Another description is Unterwesterwald ("Under Westerwald"). It surfaces frequently in the names of clubs and institutions, but is not howev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Westerwald
The Westerwald (; literally 'Western forest') is a low mountain range on the right bank of the river Rhine in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a part of the Rhenish Massif ( or Rhenish Slate Mountains). Its highest elevation, at 657 m above sea level, is the Fuchskaute in the High Westerwald. Tourist attractions include the (394 metres), site of some Celtic ruins from La Tène times (5th to 1st century BC), found in the community of the same name, and Limburg an der Lahn, a town with a mediaeval centre. The geologically old, heavily eroded range of the Westerwald is in its northern parts overlaid by a volcanic upland made of Neogene basalt layers. It covers an area of some , and therefore roughly , making the Westerwald one of Germany's biggest mountain ranges by area. In areas of subsidence, it has in its flatter western part (Lower Westerwald) the characteristics of rolling hills. Typical for the economy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Lahn Valley
Upper may refer to: * Shoe upper or ''vamp'', the part of a shoe on the top of the foot * Stimulant, drugs which induce temporary improvements in either mental or physical function or both * ''Upper'', the original film title for the 2013 found footage film ''The Upper Footage ''The Upper Footage'' (also known as ''Upper'') is a 2013 found footage film written and directed by Justin Cole. First released on January 31, 2013 to a limited run of midnight theatrical screenings at Landmark’s Sunshine Cinema in New York Cit ...'' See also {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salzböde Valley
Salzböde is a river of Hesse, Germany. It is a right tributary of the river Lahn, which it joins near Lollar. See also * List of rivers of Hesse References Rivers of Hesse Rivers of Germany {{Hesse-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
