Schoenenbergkirche Ellwangen blick vom schloss

The Virngrund (also called the Firngrund) is a historical landscape in the counties of

Ostalbkreis The Ostalbkreis is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on the border to Bavaria. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Schwäbisch Hall, Ansbach, Donau-Ries, Heidenheim, Göppingen and Rems-Murr. ...

and

Schwäbisch Hall Schwäbisch Hall (; "Swabian Hall"; from 1802 until 1934 and colloquially: ''Hall'' ) is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg located in the valley of the Kocher river, the longest tributary (together with its headwater Lein) of the ...

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 ...

. it is forested in many places and up to .

Geography

Location

Historic landscape

The Virngrund lies between the Württemberg towns of

Crailsheim Crailsheim is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Incorporated in 1338, it lies east of Schwäbisch Hall and southwest of Ansbach in the Schwäbisch Hall district. The city's main attractions include two Evangelical churches, a ...

in the north and

Ellwangen Ellwangen an der Jagst, officially Ellwangen (Jagst), in common use simply Ellwangen () is a town in the district of Ostalbkreis in the east of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is situated about north of Aalen. Ellwangen has 25,000 inhabitants. ...

in the south, as well as south of the

Franconian Heights The Franconian HeightsBavarian State Chancellery, ''Information about Bavaria'', 1981, p. 11. (german: Frankenhöhe) are a hill ridge, up to , in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in South Germany. Location and boundaries The Franconian Heights l ...

and the Crailsheimer Hart. It extends roughly from

Bühlertann Bühlertann is a municipality in the district of Schwäbisch Hall 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 Euro ...

and

Bühlerzell Bühlerzell is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the district of Schwäbisch Hall (district), Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. References

Schwäbisch Hall (district) Württemberg {{SchwäbischHall-geo-stu ...

in the west via the

Ellwangen Hills The Ellwangen Hills (german: Ellwanger Berge) are a hill ridge, up to , in the counties of Schwäbisch Hall and Ostalbkreis in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The name of the range comes from the town of Ellwangen. The hills are known ...

Wört Wört is a municipality (German: '' Gemeinde'') and town in the district of Ostalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Geography Location Wört is located in the valley of the Rotach, a tributary of the Wörnitz River, in the Virngrun ...

in the east. Its highest point is the 580.0 m high

Hornberg Hornberg is a town in the Ortenaukreis, in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Black Forest, 35 km southeast of Offenburg, and 25 km northwest of Villingen-Schwenningen. Sons and daughters of the town * ( ...

. The River

Jagst The Jagst () is a right tributary of the Neckar in northern Baden-Württemberg. It is 190 km long. Its source is in the hills east of Ellwangen, close to the Bavarian border. It winds through the towns Ellwangen, Crailsheim, Kirchberg an der ...

flows through the Virngrund from south to north and the B 290 federal highway and A 7 motorway cross the landscape; the latter runs through the Hornberg in the

Virngrund Tunnel The Virngrund (also called the Firngrund) is a historical landscape in the counties of Ostalbkreis and Schwäbisch Hall in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. it is forested in many places and up to . Geography Location Historic landsc ...

References

External links

* Swabian Jura Club
The Virngrund – Seine Landschaft and seine Geschichte
* Hans-Gerd Michiels and S. Koller
The standörtlichen Grenzen der Buche – das Beispiel Virngrund
AFZ-The Wald 15, 788–790, Online version dated 7 March 2012. * Anton Steichele

* Gottfried von Franz
''Zur Geschichte von Adelmannsfelden''
(1948; pdf; 316 kB) {{Coord, 49, 1, 16, N, 10, 12, 3, E, type:landmark_region:DE-BW_name:Virngrund: Hornberg (Middle Kuppe) Regions of Baden-Württemberg Forests and woodlands of Baden-Württemberg Ostalbkreis Schwäbisch Hall (district)