''For the town in Germany, see
Habichtswald, Hesse.''
The Habichtswald is a small mountain range, covering some 35 km
2 and rising to a height of 615 m, immediately west of the city of
Kassel
Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 ...
in northern
Hesse
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...
in Germany.
The bulk of the range is a nature reserve. The remainder lies within the city limits of Kassel and is partly settled. The castle and park of
Wilhelmshöhe are located within the Habichtswald.
Mountain ranges of Hesse
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