The Welzheim Forest (german: Welzheimer Wald) is a wooded,

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, up to , in the counties of

Rems-Murr Rems-Murr is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Heilbronn, Schwäbisch Hall, Ostalbkreis, Göppingen, Esslingen, the district-free city Stuttgart and the distr ...

, Ostalb 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 ...

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 ...

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Geography

Location

The Welzheim Forest lies just under 38 kilometres east-northeast of

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

and about 45 kilometres southeast of

Heilbronn Heilbronn () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, surrounded by Heilbronn (district), Heilbronn District. With over 126,000 residents, it is the sixth-largest city in the state. From the late Mid ...

between the

Murrhardt Forest The Murrhardt Forest (german: Murrhardter Wald) in the Baden-Württemberg county of Rems-Murr-Kreis is part of the natural region known as the Swabian-Franconian Forest. It reaches a maximum height of . at 1:10,000 scale. A lower value of m ...

and the

Mainhardt Forest The Mainhardt Forest is a hill range up to {{GeoQuelle, DE, BFN-Karten in the counties of Schwäbisch Hall and Heilbronn, Hohenlohekreis and Rems-Murr-Kreis in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is named after the municipality of Mainhardt ...

in the north, the Frickenhofer Höhe in the east-northeast, the Albuch in the southeast, the Schurwald in the southwest and the Berglen and Buocher Höhe in the west. At the same time, the Welzheim Forest is one of five forest regions in the

Swabian-Franconian Forest Nature Park The Swabian-Franconian Forest (german: Schwäbisch-Fränkischen Waldberge, also ''Schwäbisch-Fränkischer Wald'') is a mainly forested, deeply incised upland region, 1,187 km² in area and up to , in the northeast of Baden-Württemberg. It fo ...

. As a

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it is, however, not counted with the

Swabian-Franconian Forest The Swabian-Franconian Forest (german: Schwäbisch-Fränkischen Waldberge, also ''Schwäbisch-Fränkischer Wald'') is a mainly forested, deeply incised upland region, 1,187 km² in area and up to , in the northeast of Baden-Württemberg. It fo ...

but, together with the Schurwald and the

Berglen Berglen is a municipality in the district of Rems-Murr in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Geography Geographical location The community Berglen is located about 25 kilometers east of Stuttgart in 300 to 450 meters altitude in the Keuper hill la ...

, forms its own natural region. It takes its name from the town of

Welzheim Welzheim is a town in the Rems-Murr district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located 35 km east of Stuttgart, and 15 km northwest of Schwäbisch Gmünd. Welzheim has 11,239 (2005) inhabitants and is located in the 'Welzheimer Wal ...

in the centre of the region. The Welzheim Forest is located around Welzheim, Kaisersbach and

Alfdorf Alfdorf is a municipality in the Rems-Murr district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History The municipality of Alfdorf was formed in 1972 by the merging of the municipalities of Alfdorf, Pfahlbronn, and Vordersteinenberg. Geography The munici ...

roughly between Fichtenberg to the north, Gschwend to the northeast,

Spraitbach Spraitbach is a municipality in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, in Ostalbkreis The Ostalbkreis is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on the border to Bavaria. Neighboring districts are (from the nort ...

and

Durlangen Durlangen is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, in 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 clockwi ...

to the east, Mutlangen and

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to the southeast, Lorch to the south,

Plüderhausen Plüderhausen is a municipality east of Schorndorf in the Rems-Murr district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It belongs to the Stuttgart Metropolitan Region. Geography The municipality of Plüderhausen lies in the Rems Valley, nestled betwee ...

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and

Schorndorf Schorndorf is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located approximately 26 km east of Stuttgart. Its train station is the terminus of the S2 line of the Stuttgart S-Bahn. The town is also sometimes referred to as ' (''The Daimler Town ...

to the southwest,

to the west and

Rudersberg Rudersberg is a municipality in the Rems-Murr district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located 10 km southeast of Backnang, and 28 km northeast of Stuttgart. Sport The local motocross club ''MSC Wieslauftal'' operates a track ne ...

and

Althütte Althütte is a municipality of the Rems-Murr district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History The modern municipality of Althütte was formed by the merging of the villages of Althütte and Sechselberg in 1971. Geography The municipality (''Ge ...

to the northwest.

Hills

Amongst the hills of the Welzheim Forest are the following – sorted by height in metres above '' Normalhöhennull'' (NHN): * Hagberg (585.2 m), with the Hagberg Tower; west of Gschwend- Hagkling * Lichte Eichen (554.3 m), north-northwest of

- Langenberg * Haube (536.5 m), immediately northeast of

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* Hohbergkopf (498.8 m), northeast of

* Kelchenberg (496.1 m), west-southwest of Pfahlbronn * Heuberg (476.6 m), northeast of

References

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* {{Authority control Mountain and hill ranges of Baden-Württemberg Natural regions of the Swabian Keuper-Lias Plains Regions of Baden-Württemberg Forests and woodlands of Baden-Württemberg Rems-Murr-Kreis Ostalbkreis Schwäbisch Hall (district)