The Hochwald is a
hill ridge, up to 508 metres high, in the North
Vosges
The Vosges ( , ; german: Vogesen ; Franconian and gsw, Vogese) are a range of low mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single ...
in the French
département
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of
Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its low ...
near
Wissembourg
Wissembourg (; South Franconian: ''Weisseburch'' ; German: ''Weißenburg'' ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
It is situated on the little river Lauter close to the border between France and Germany a ...
(German: ''Weißenburg''). Topographically it represents the northernmost part of the Vosges mountains. To the north is the valley of the
Lauter, which is both the border between
France
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and
Germany
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(state of
Rhineland-Palatinate
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) and also the boundary between the (North) Vosges and the
Palatine Forest (specifically the
Mundat Forest).
See also
*
Ouvrage Hochwald
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Vosges
Landforms of Bas-Rhin
Ridges of Europe