The Hegau is an extinct volcanic landscape in southern

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extending around the industrial city of

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(Hohentwiel), between

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in the east, the

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River in the south, the

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River in the north and the

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—as the southwestern mountains of the

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are called—in the west. It was first mentioned in A.D. 787 in the Latinised form ''in pago Egauinsse''.Albert Krieger:
Topographisches Wörterbuch des Großherzogtums Baden, Vol. 1, p. 882 (1904)
' Hohentwiel sideview

The most famous sight of the Hegau is the Hohentwiel, a volcanic stub. On top of the mountain lies Hohentwiel fortress. The Hohentwiel is the southernmost of a row of volcanic stubs in the Hegau, including the Hohenkrähen, the Hohenstoffeln, and the Hohenhewen.

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