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, Hohenlohekreis and Rems-Murr-Kreis in the German state of

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. It is named after the municipality of Mainhardt that lies at its centre.

Hills

The highest point of the Mainhardt Forest is the '' Hohe Brach'' (586.4 m) between the villages of Erlach and Grab in the municipality of

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. Another hill in the range is the

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(524.9 m) near Wüstenrot. Near

the treeless '' kuppe'' of the ''Altwald'' (552.0 m) offers a view far across the Swabian-Franconian Forest. On the forested ''kuppe'' of the ''

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'' (also called the ''Flehnsberg'') (534.8 m) near Oberrot are mighty outcrops of

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/ref> In the southeast the Mainhardt Forest runs between the valleys of the

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and Kocher in a ridge called the '' Kirgel'' (459.4 m), on which there is an observation tower, the

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. On its eastern perimeter near

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the ''Steinbühl'' (484.4 m) rises over the Kocher valley.

References

Literature

* Egil Pastor: ''Die Räuber vom Mainhardter Wald: eine Kriminalgeschichte aus dem 18. Jahrhundert''. Verlag

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GmbH, 1986 * ''Schwäbischer Wald''. Merian, 1968 * Fritz Schall: ''Waldpflege im Mainhardter Wald'', in: Naturpark Schwäbisch-Fränkischer Wald. Special edition of the ''Allgemeine Forst Zeitschrift'', No. 41/1980, pp. 1102f Regions of Baden-Württemberg Mountain and hill ranges of Baden-Württemberg Forests and woodlands of Baden-Württemberg Natural regions of the Swabian Keuper-Lias Plains