The Anterior Taunus (german: Vordertaunus or ''Vortaunus'') is a

natural region A natural region (landscape unit) is a basic geographic unit. Usually, it is a region which is distinguished by its common natural features of geography, geology, and climate. From the ecology, ecological point of view, the naturally occurring fl ...

within the

Hessian A Hessian is an inhabitant of the German state of Hesse. Hessian may also refer to: Named from the toponym *Hessian (soldier), eighteenth-century German regiments in service with the British Empire **Hessian (boot), a style of boot **Hessian f ...

Central Upland The Central UplandsDickinson (1964), p.18 ff. (german: die MittelgebirgeN.B. In German die ''Mittelgebirge'' (plural) refers to the Central Uplands; das ''Mittelgebirge'' refers to a low mountain range or upland region (''Mittel'' = "medium" and ...

range of the

Taunus The Taunus is a mountain range in Hesse, Germany, located north of Frankfurt. The tallest peak in the range is '' Großer Feldberg'' at 878 m; other notable peaks are ''Kleiner Feldberg'' (825 m) and '' Altkönig'' (798 m). The Taunus range span ...

(major unit group 30) in

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

that lies south of the

High Taunus The High Taunus (german: Hoher Taunus) is the name of a major natural region unit (no. 301) in the Hessian Central Uplands range of the Taunus mountains and forms the area immediately around the main ridge of the Taunus. It should not be confused ...

(301). The region lies below the

main ridge of the Taunus The main ridge of the Taunus (german: Taunushauptkamm) refers to a 75-kilometre-long ridgeline in the High Taunus mountain in Germany, whose geological core consists of veins of hard Taunus quartzite and which separates the steeply descending Anter ...

Literature

* Reimer Herrmann: ''Vergleichende Hydrogeographie des Taunus und seiner südlichen und südöstlichen Randgebiete.'' Wilhelm Schmitz Verlag, Gießen, 1965, . * Eugen Ernst: ''Naturpark Hochtaunus.'' (HB Naturmagazin draußen). Hamburg, 1983. * Ingrid Berg, Eugen Ernst, Hans-Joachim Galuschka, Gerta Walsh: ''Heimat Hochtaunus.'' Frankfurt am Main, 1988, . * Alexander Stahr, Birgit Bender: ''Der Taunus – Eine Zeitreise.'' Borntraeger-Verlag, Stuttgart, 2007, . * Eugen Ernst: ''Der Taunus – Ein L(i)ebenswertes Mittelgebirge.'' Frankfurt, 2009, .

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Umweltatlas Hessen: Description of the natural regions of the Taunus
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