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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 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 Großerlach. Another hill in the range is the Steinknickle (524.9 m) near Wüstenrot. Near Großerlach the treeless ''kuppe'' of the ''Altwald'' (552.0 m) offers a view far across the Swabian-Franconian Forest. On the forested ''kuppe'' of the '' Flinsberg'' (also called the ''Flehnsberg'') (534.8 m) near Oberrot are mighty outcrops of flint blocks. In the southeast the Mainhardt Forest runs between the valleys of the Rot and Kocher The Kocher () is a -longincluding its source river Schwarzer Kocher right tributary of the Neckar in the nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swabian-Franconian Forest
The Swabian-Franconian Forest (, 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 forms natural region major unit number 108 within the Swabian Keuper-Lias Land (major unit group 10 or D58). Its name is derived from the fact that, in medieval times, the border between the duchies of Franconia and Swabia ran through this forested region. In addition, the Swabian dialect in the south transitions to the East Franconian dialect in the north here. Hill ranges and hills The Swabian-Franconian Forest is divided clockwise (beginning roughly in the north) into the Waldenburg Hills, Mainhardt Forest, Limpurg and Ellwangen Hills, Virngrund, Murrhardt Forest, Löwenstein Hills, Heilbronn Hills and Sulm Plateau; in addition the valley of Weinsberger Tal, which lies between the last two uplands, is part of the region The highest point of the Swabian-Franconian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |