The Rhine Taunus Nature Park (german: Naturpark Rhein-Taunus), located in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis and

Wiesbaden Wiesbaden () is a city in central western Germany and the capital of the state of Hesse. , it had 290,955 inhabitants, plus approximately 21,000 United States citizens (mostly associated with the United States Army). The Wiesbaden urban area ...

district of

Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...

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 the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

was founded in 1968. It includes the western part of the

Taunus The Taunus is a mountain range in Hesse, Germany, located north of Frankfurt. The tallest peak in the range is ''Großer Feldberg'' at 878 m; other notable peaks are ''Kleiner Feldberg'' (825 m) and ''Altkönig'' (798 m). The Taunus range spans ...

and extends over the

Idstein Idstein () is a town of about 25,000 inhabitants in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. Because of its well preserved historical Altstadt (Old Town) it is part of the ''Deutsche Fachwerkstraße'' ...

er Becken to the

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

. It is characterized by a roughly 60 percent forested low mountain landscape, which falls away steeply toward the Rhine Gorge. File:Erlenbachtal-01s.jpg, Erlenbachtal near

Wiesbaden-Frauenstein Frauenstein is the westernmost borough of the city of Wiesbaden, located in the Rhine Main Area near Frankfurt and capital of the federal state of Hesse, Germany. The borough has a population of approximately 2,400. The formerly independent villag ...

File:Honigberg-wald-1s.jpg, Honigberg near

Kiedrich Kiedrich is a municipality in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. Geography Kiedrich lies in the Rheingau on the south slope of the Taunus, approximately 2 km north from the town of Eltvil ...

File:DSC05744 Windhain von Reinborn gesehen.jpg, Highest point of the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis: 629,3 m high mountain ''Windhain'' near

Waldems Waldems () is a municipality in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. The municipality's administrative seat is Waldems-Esch. Geography Location Waldems is located in the Taunus in a widely woode ...

File:DSC06053 Niederems und Reinborn vom Windhain gesehen.jpg, View from ''Windhain'' mountain over

' constituent communities ''Niederems'' and ''Reinborn'' File:DSC07735 Isberg-Tempelchen.jpg, Viewpoint ''Isberg-Tempelchen'' above ''Niederems''

External links

* (German only) Nature parks in Hesse Rheingau {{Europe-protected-area-stub