The Kandrich, at , is the highest mountain in the Bingen Forest. It is near

Daxweiler Daxweiler is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Langenlonsheim-S ...

in the county of

Bad Kreuznach Bad Kreuznach () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a spa town, most well known for its medieval bridge dating from around 1300, the Alte Nahebrücke, which is one of the few remaining bridges in th ...

in the German state of

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

Geography

The Kandrich lies in the northern tip of the county of Bad Kreuznach and within the parish of

. It is located about 3.5 kilometres north-northwest of this village and 3.7 kilometres north-northeast of

Seibersbach Seibersbach is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country ...

. In the neighbouring county of

Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis is a district (german: Kreis) in the middle of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Mayen-Koblenz, Rhein-Lahn, Mainz-Bingen, Bad Kreuznach, Birkenfeld, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Coc ...

lies the villages of

Dichtelbach Dichtelbach is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a Municipalities of Germany, municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (Districts of Germany, district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germ ...

, 3 kilometres to the northwest and

Rheinböllen Rheinböllen is a town in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Simmern-Rheinböllen, whose seat is in Simmern. It was the seat of the former ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Rheinböl ...

, 4.2 kilometres to the west-northwest (

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). The Nahe tributary of the Guldenbach runs past the mountain to the southwest. The northeastern spur of the mountain is the ''Ohligsberg'' (604.1 m) and its southwestern spur is the ''Hammerberg'' (583.6 m). Parts of the

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...

, ''Rheingebiet von Bingen bis Koblenz'' ( CDDA-No. 323852; 1978 established in 1978; 403.28

km² Square kilometre ( International spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or square kilometer (American spelling), symbol km2, is a multiple of the square metre, the SI unit of area or surface area. 1 km2 is equ ...

), covers the mountain. File:Kandrich07.JPG, View over the

Rhine ), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland , source1_coordinates= , source1_elevation = , source2 = Rein Posteriur/Hinterrhein , source2_location = Paradies Glacier, Graubünden, Switzerland , source2_coordinates= , so ...

, Rheindiebach and

Oberdiebach Oberdiebach is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Oberdiebach lies between Koblenz ...

to the Kandrich File:Kandrich3 enercon e-70.JPG, Kandrich plateau and wind power site (Typ E-70); view looking northeast to the Rhine File:Kandrich sendemast.JPG,

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References

External links

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Windkraftwerk Kandrich
(kandrich.de)
Kandrich hiking trails
(stromberg.de; pdf file; 3.98 MB) Mountains under 1000 metres Bad Kreuznach (district) Mountains and hills of the Hunsrück