The Dinkelberg is a partially forested hill range, up to ,
about 145 km²
in area, in the High Rhine region of
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 ...
. It lies within the counties of
Lörrach
Lörrach () is a town in southwest Germany, in the valley of the Wiese, close to the French and the Swiss borders. It is the capital of the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg. It is the home of a number of large employers, including t ...
and
Waldshut in the German state of
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
and the
Swiss canton of
Basel-Stadt. It is on the southwestern edge of the
Southern Black Forest, from which it is geologically distinct.
Geography
Location
The Dinkelberg lies mainly in the county of Lörrach, but its eastern part in the area of the
Wehra
Wehra is a river of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It passes through Todtmoos and Wehr and flows into the Rhine downstream of Bad Säckingen.
See also
*List of rivers of Baden-Württemberg
A list of rivers of Baden-Württemberg, Germany:
A
* Aa ...
valley belongs to the county of Waldshut (both in Germany) and a smaller element in the west is part of the canton of Basel-Stadt in Switzerland. It is bounded in the south by the valley of the
High Rhine
The High Rhine (german: Hochrhein) is the name used for the part of the Rhine that flows westbound from Lake Constance to Basel. The High Rhine begins at the outflow of the Rhine from the Untersee in Stein am Rhein and turns into the Upper Rhine ...
, in the north and west by the
Wiese valley and in the esat by the Wehra valley. It lies between the larger settlements of
Schopfheim
Schopfheim is a town in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Wiese, 10 km north of Rheinfelden, and 13 km east of Lörrach.
The town is the birthplace of Gisela Oeri, Max Picard, and ...
to the north,
Wehr to the east,
Rheinfelden to the south and
Lörrach
Lörrach () is a town in southwest Germany, in the valley of the Wiese, close to the French and the Swiss borders. It is the capital of the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg. It is the home of a number of large employers, including t ...
and the
Homburg Forest
The Homburg Forest (german: Homburgwald or just ''Homburg'') also known as the Homburg Hills (''Homburger Berge'') is an area of upland up to in the north German state of Lower Saxony.
Geography
The Homburg Forest is located in the district o ...
to the west. Its highest hill is the
Hohe Flum (536.2 m), on which is an open observation tower and an eponymous hotel-restaurant.
Hills
Amongst the hills and foothills of the Dinkelberg are the following, sorted by height in
metre
The metre (British spelling) or meter (American spelling; see spelling differences) (from the French unit , from the Greek noun , "measure"), symbol m, is the primary unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), though its prefi ...
s (m) above sea level, based on the
NHN reference system in Germany and the ''Meter über Meer'' (m ü. M.) in Switzerland:
*
Hohe Flum (536.2 m; GE), south-southwest of
Wiechs; with its
observation tower
An observation tower is a structure used to view events from a long distance and to create a full 360 degree range of vision to conduct long distance observations. Observation towers are usually at least tall and are made from stone, iron, an ...
* Hirzenleck (523.4 m; GE), 1 km north of
Herten; with the
Eigenturm observation tower
*
St. Chrischona (522 m; SW), in
Bettingen-
Chrischona; with the
St. Chrischona TV tower
* Mauerhaldebuck (493.3 m; GE), southeast of
Maulburg
Maulburg is a municipality in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Transport
The municipality has a railway station, , on the Wiese Valley Railway
The Wiese Valley Railway (german: Wiesentalbahn) is a 27.2 km long, el ...
* Mezelhöhe (Metzelhöhe; 487.1 m; GE), 2 km east-northeast of
Salzert
* Eichberg (477.7 m; GE), northwest of
Degerfelden
* Schachbühl (465.9 m; GE), 1.4 km north of
Dossenbach
* Schindelberg (419.0 m; GE), east of
Waterbodies
Amongst the rivers and streams of the Dinkelberg are the Löhrgraben, which flows into the
Wiese near , the Bachtelengraben, which empties into the Rhine near
Schwörstadt-Unterdorf, the
Dürrenbach, which discharges into the Rhine at
Rheinfelden and the Hagenbacher Bach and the Waidbach, the headstreams of the Großbach (also called the ''Warmbach''), which also flows into the Rhine, at
Rheinfelden-
Warmbach.
Amongst its lakes belongs the
Eichener See
The Eichener See ("Lake Eichen"), known in the Alemannic dialect as the Eiemer See, near Eichen in the Baden-Württemberg county of Lörrach is a periodic (''astatic'') karst lake in the Southern Black Forest in Germany.
The lake, which only c ...
near
Schopfheim
Schopfheim is a town in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Wiese, 10 km north of Rheinfelden, and 13 km east of Lörrach.
The town is the birthplace of Gisela Oeri, Max Picard, and ...
-
Eichen.
Natural monuments
*
Eichener See
The Eichener See ("Lake Eichen"), known in the Alemannic dialect as the Eiemer See, near Eichen in the Baden-Württemberg county of Lörrach is a periodic (''astatic'') karst lake in the Southern Black Forest in Germany.
The lake, which only c ...
near
Schopfheim
Schopfheim is a town in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Wiese, 10 km north of Rheinfelden, and 13 km east of Lörrach.
The town is the birthplace of Gisela Oeri, Max Picard, and ...
-
Eichen
*
Erdmanns Cave (''Erdmannshöhle'') or Hasler Cave (''Hasler Höhle'') on the edge of
Hasel
*
Teufelsloch, a funnel
doline near
Rheinfelden-
Nordschwaben
* Teufelsloch, funnel doline near Rheinfelden-
Karsau
*
Tschamber Cave (''Tschamberhöhle'') in Rheinfelden-Karsau, village of Riedmatt
Settlements
Towns and villages in and around the Dinkelberg region are (clockwise from the north):
*
Maulburg
Maulburg is a municipality in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Transport
The municipality has a railway station, , on the Wiese Valley Railway
The Wiese Valley Railway (german: Wiesentalbahn) is a 27.2 km long, el ...
*
Schopfheim
Schopfheim is a town in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Wiese, 10 km north of Rheinfelden, and 13 km east of Lörrach.
The town is the birthplace of Gisela Oeri, Max Picard, and ...
*
Wehr
*
Schwörstadt
Schwörstadt is a municipality in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg in Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe aft ...
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Eichsel
Rheinfelden ( gsw, Badisch-Rhyfälde, ) is a town in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, across from Rheinfelden, Switzerland, and 15 km east of Basel. The population is ...
*
Adelhausen
*
Rheinfelden
*
Inzlingen
Inzlingen is a village in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
From the Fondation Beyeler, a famous art collection in Riehen in the canton Basel Stadt, Switzerland, the street Inzlingerstrasse goes uphill to Inz ...
*
Grenzach-Wyhlen
Grenzach-Wyhlen is a municipality in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, 7 km east of Basel, and 8 km south of Lörrach. It has borders to Inzlingen and Rheinfelden ...
*
Lörrach
Lörrach () is a town in southwest Germany, in the valley of the Wiese, close to the French and the Swiss borders. It is the capital of the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg. It is the home of a number of large employers, including t ...
*
Steinen
Literature
* Friedrich Disch: ''Studien zur Kulturgeographie des Dinkelberges''. Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Bad Godesberg, 1971.
* Hermann Wider: ''Der Dinkelberg.'' In: Geschichtsverein Markgräflerland (Hrsg.): ''Das Markgräflerland. Beiträge zu seiner Geschichte und Kultur.'' Schopfheim, 2010, 1, pp. 4–46.
References
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des BfN
The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (german: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, ''BfN'') is the German government's scientific authority with responsibility for national and international nature conservation. BfN is one of the government' ...
− ''Dinkelberg''
External links
Offizielle Website der Interessengemeinschaft Dinkelberg(Vereinigung von Gemeinden, Vereinen und Verbänden im Dinkelberg)
Schwarzwald Tourismus GmbH: Dinkelberg
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Hill ranges of Germany
Landforms of Baden-Württemberg
Regions of Baden-Württemberg
Mountain ranges of Switzerland
Lörrach (district)
Waldshut (district)
Geography of Basel-Stadt
Natural regions of the South German Scarplands
Special Areas of Conservation in Germany