The Region of the 10 Thousanders (german: Region der 10 Tausender) is a region in the

Swabian Jura The Swabian Jura (german: Schwäbische Alb , more rarely ), sometimes also named Swabian Alps in English, is a mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending from southwest to northeast and in width. It is named after the region of ...

in the German state of

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

, the name of which alludes to the high mountain peaks in the area. Almost all the highest mountains of the Swabian Jura (each over ), including their highest summit (), are located in this relatively small region which only covers 20 km² around

Deilingen Deilingen is a municipality in the district of Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after ...

Wehingen Wehingen is a town in the district of Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, ...

and

Gosheim Gosheim is a town in the district of Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Geography Gosheim lies at the foot of the Lemberg, the highest mountain of Swabian Alps. This mountain, at , is the highest peak of the range. It is part of the ...

in the southwestern Jura. The name "Region of the 10 Thousanders" goes back to an action group that was initiated by various restaurants and municipalities of the Heuberg to promote regional

tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring (disambiguation), touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tour (disambiguation), tours. Th ...

. The 10 "thousanders" are – sorted by height in

metre The metre (British spelling) or meter (American spelling; see spelling differences) (from the French unit , from the Greek noun , "measure"), symbol m, is the primary unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), though its pref ...

s (m) above

sea level Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured. The global MSL is a type of vertical datuma standardised g ...

(NHN): #

Lemberg Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in Western Ukraine, western Ukraine, and the List of cities in Ukraine, seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is o ...

(), near

, höchster Berg der Schwäbischen Alb () # Oberhohenberg (), near Schörzingen () # Hochberg (), near Delkhofen () #

Wandbühl The Wandbühl is a mountain, , and the fourth highest peak in the Swabian Jura in southern Germany. It lies north of the municipality of Wehingen in the state of Baden-Württemberg and is the southernmost summit of a mountain chain that includes ...

(), near Delkhofen () #

Rainen The Rainen is a mountain, , and the fifth highest peak in the Swabian Jura of southern Germany. It lies about 2 kilometres east of Deilingen and, together with the Montschenloch, Bol (Swabian Jura), Bol and Wandbühl, forms a mountain chain. The Ra ...

(), near

() # Montschenloch (), near Delkhofen () # Bol (), near Deilingen () # Hochwald (), near Gosheim () # Hummelsberg (), near Denkingen () #

Kehlen Kehlen ( lb, Kielen ) is a commune and town in western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Capellen. As of the February 1, 2011 census, the commune had a population of 5,048. , the town of Kehlen, which lies in the centre of the commune, has ...

(), near Gosheim () The following form fairly unified high mountain chains which makes them difficult to identify for those not acquainted with the area: * Lemberg, Hochberg, Oberhohenberg * Hochwald, Kehlen, Hummelsberg * Wandbühl, Montschenloch, Bol, Rainen The two other Jura peaks that are over , the high and very striking

Plettenberg Plettenberg (; Westphalian: ''Plettmert'') is a town in the Märkischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Plettenberg is located to the west of the Sauerland hills. The highest elevation of the town area is in the ''Ebbegebir ...

() near

Dotternhausen Dotternhausen is a municipality in the Zollernalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History Dotternhausen became a possession of the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1805 and was assigned to . In 1810, it was reassigned to and then to in ...

and the high Schafberg () near Hausen am Tann lies roughly 8 km north-northeast and are not counted within the ''10 Thousanders''. File:Hummelsberg.jpg, The Hummelsberg (1,001.6 m) File:Kehlen, Weisses Kreuz2.jpg, The way to the White Cross on the Kehlen (1,001.3 m) File:Kehlen, Weisses Kreuz.jpg, The White Cross on the Kehlen File:Radarturm Hochwald.jpg, The radar tower on the Hochwald (1,001.9 m) File:Wellendingen mit Blick auf den Lemberg.JPG, The Lemberg (1,015.3 m) – highest mountain in the Swabian Jura File:Deilingen - Ort von Südwest.JPG, Deilingen. Behind: the Montschenloch (1,004. m) with its transmission tower File:Schömberg - Oberhohenberg Gipfel 02.JPG, On the Oberhohenberg (1,010.7 m) – second highest mountain of the Swabian Jura

References

External links

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''Region der zehn Tausender''
(Heuberg Aktiv e. V.), at heuberg.de

(Homepage Gymnasium Gosheim-Wehingen) Lists of mountains Tourism in Germany Swabian Jura Tuttlingen (district) Mountain and hill ranges of Baden-Württemberg