The Schafberg is a mountain, , on the western edge of 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 ...

near

Balingen Balingen (; Swabian: ''Balenga'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, capital of the district of Zollernalbkreis. It is located near the Swabian Jura, approx. 35 km to the south of Tübingen, 35 km northeast of Villingen-Schwenn ...

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 part of the Balingen Mountains (''Balinger Bergen'') and is surrounded by the towns and villages of Roßwangen, Weilstetten (both in the borough of

Tieringen Tieringen is a district of the town of Meßstetten in the Zollernalbkreis district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As of 2010 Tieringen had a population of 1069. Tieringen is a capital of textile production. Urtica dioica L. convar. fibra is ...

(borough of

Meßstetten Meßstetten () is a town in the Zollernalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Overview It is situated in the Swabian Jura, 24 km southeast of Balingen and at an altitude of is the highest city (of more than 10,000 inhabitan ...

) and

Hausen am Tann Hausen am Tann is a town in the Zollernalbkreis district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History In 1805 Hausen am Tann, formerly a possession of Austria, became part of the Kingdom of Württemberg, whose government assigned it to . In 1810, it ...

. Its neighbouring mountains are the

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 ...

() and the Lochenstein (). From the viewing points of ''Hoher Fels'' () and ''Gespaltener Fels'' () there are very good views of the surrounding area. Walks link the Balingen Mountains and the North Swabian Jura Way (''Schwäbische-Alb-Nordrand-Weg'') runs over the Schafberg. The Schafberg lies within the

Upper Danube Nature Park The Upper Danube Nature Park (German: ''Naturpark Obere Donau''), founded in 1980, is located in the south of Baden-Württemberg in Germany and encloses primarily the districts of Tuttlingen and Sigmaringen. It encompassed initially 860 km2 ...

Gallery

File:Gespaltener Fels Schwaebische Alb.jpg, The ''Gespaltener Fels'' on the Schafberg File:Nordhang Wenzelstein (Schwäbische Alb).jpg, The southern part of the Schafberg seen from the Lochenstein

References

{{Authority control Mountains and hills of the Swabian Jura Zollernalbkreis One-thousanders of Germany Mountains and hills of Baden-Württemberg