Achalm is a mountain in
Reutlingen
Reutlingen (; Swabian: ''Reitlenga'') is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous district of Reutlingen. As of June 2018, it has a population of 115,818.
Reutlingen has a university of applied sciences, which ...
,
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 ...
. On its top, the ruins of
Achalm Castle can be found, ancestral seat of the counts of Achalm, a 13th-century Swabian noble family related to the
counts of Urach.
The toponym is from the Old German words ''
Ache
Ache or Aches may refer to:
Ethnography
* Aché, an indigenous people of eastern Paraguay
* Aché language, the language of the Aché people
* Ache language (China)
* Aṣẹ (Cuban spelling: ''aché''), a concept in Orisha belief
People
* Ach ...
'' (
stream) and ''
Alm''. A popular etymology connects it to the supposed last words of count Egino.
It is said he wanted to say ''"Ach Allmächtiger!"'' (German for ''"O Almighty!"''), but was only able to say ''"Ach Allm..."''.
Mountains and hills of the Swabian Jura
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