Hahnenkamm (Spessart) is a ridge of hills in the northwest of the

Spessart Spessart is a ''Mittelgebirge'', a range of low wooded mountains, in the States of Bavaria and Hesse in Germany. It is bordered by the Vogelsberg, Rhön and Odenwald. The highest elevation is the Geiersberg at 586 metres above sea level. Etymo ...

range of

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. It has an elevation of up to 435.5 m above NHN.

Geography

Location

Hahnenkamm lies east of

Alzenau Alzenau (; until 31 December 2006 officially ''Alzenau i.UFr.'') is a town in the north of the Aschaffenburg (district), Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. Until 1 July 1972 ...

in the district of

Aschaffenburg Aschaffenburg (; South Franconian: ''Aschebersch'') is a town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not part of the district of Aschaffenburg, but is its administrative seat. Aschaffenburg belonged to the Archbishopric ...

in the far northwest of the state of Bavaria. It is part of the ''

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 ...

(more precisely the ''Vorspessart'') and is located between the ''Kahlgrund'', the valley of the river Kahl, and the ''Untermainsenke'', the valley of the river

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. To the north, the Hahnenkamm is delimited by the river Kahl, to the south by the . Schanzenkopf is part of the Hahnenkamm.

Etymology

''Hahnenkamm'' means rooster's comb in German. The name likely derives from the ridge's quite small width (for a ''Mittelgebirge'') and the blocks of

quartzite Quartzite is a hard, non- foliated metamorphic rock which was originally pure quartz sandstone.Essentials of Geology, 3rd Edition, Stephen Marshak, p 182 Sandstone is converted into quartzite through heating and pressure usually related to tect ...

sticking up out of it.Wald und Wallfahrt: Alzenau, Hahnenkamm und Kälberau
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Hills of Bavaria Hills of the Spessart Aschaffenburg (district) {{Aschaffenburgdistrict-geo-stub