The Dinkelberg is a partially forested hill range, up to , about 145 km² in area, in the High Rhine region of

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and Waldshut in the German state of

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canton of

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. It is on the southwestern edge of the , from which it is geologically distinct.

Geography

Location

The Dinkelberg lies mainly in the county of Lörrach, but its eastern part in the area of the Wehra valley belongs to the county of Waldshut (both in Germany) and a smaller element in the west is part of the canton of Basel-Stadt in Switzerland. It is bounded in the south by the valley of the

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, in the north and west by the Wiese valley and in the esat by the Wehra valley. It lies between the larger settlements of

Schopfheim Schopfheim () is a town in the Lörrach (district), district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Wiese (river), Wiese, 10 km north of Rheinfelden (Baden), Rheinfelden, and 13 km east of Lörrach. The ...

to the north, Wehr to the east, Rheinfelden to the south and

and the Homburg Forest to the west. Its highest hill is the Hohe Flum (536.2 m), on which is an open observation tower and an eponymous hotel-restaurant.

Hills

Amongst the hills and foothills of the Dinkelberg are the following, sorted by height in

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s (m) above sea level, based on the NHN reference system in Germany and the ''Meter über Meer'' (m ü. M.) in Switzerland: * Hohe Flum (536.2 m; GE), south-southwest of Wiechs; with its

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* Hirzenleck (523.4 m; GE), 1 km north of Herten; with the Eigenturm observation tower * St. Chrischona (522 m; SW), in Bettingen- Chrischona; with the St. Chrischona TV tower * Mauerhaldebuck (493.3 m; GE), southeast of Maulburg * Mezelhöhe (Metzelhöhe; 487.1 m; GE), 2 km east-northeast of Salzert * Eichberg (477.7 m; GE), northwest of Degerfelden * Schachbühl (465.9 m; GE), 1.4 km north of Dossenbach * Schindelberg (419.0 m; GE), east of

Waterbodies

Amongst the rivers and streams of the Dinkelberg are the Löhrgraben, which flows into the Wiese near , the Bachtelengraben, which empties into the Rhine near Schwörstadt-Unterdorf, the Dürrenbach, which discharges into the Rhine at Rheinfelden and the Hagenbacher Bach and the Waidbach, the headstreams of the Großbach (also called the ''Warmbach''), which also flows into the Rhine, at Rheinfelden- Warmbach. Amongst its lakes belongs the Eichener See near

- Eichen.

Natural monuments

* Eichener See near

- Eichen * Erdmanns Cave (''Erdmannshöhle'') or Hasler Cave (''Hasler Höhle'') on the edge of Hasel * Teufelsloch, a funnel doline near Rheinfelden- Nordschwaben * Teufelsloch, funnel doline near Rheinfelden- Karsau * Tschamber Cave (''Tschamberhöhle'') in Rheinfelden-Karsau, village of Riedmatt

Settlements

Towns and villages in and around the Dinkelberg region are (clockwise from the north): * Maulburg *

* Wehr * Schwörstadt * Minseln * Eichsel * Adelhausen * Rheinfelden * Inzlingen * Grenzach-Wyhlen *

* Steinen

Literature

* Friedrich Disch: ''Studien zur Kulturgeographie des Dinkelberges''. Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Bad Godesberg, 1971. * Hermann Wider: ''Der Dinkelberg.'' In: Geschichtsverein Markgräflerland (Hrsg.): ''Das Markgräflerland. Beiträge zu seiner Geschichte und Kultur.'' Schopfheim, 2010, 1, pp. 4–46.

References

Landschaftssteckbrief
des BfN − ''Dinkelberg''

External links

Offizielle Website der Interessengemeinschaft Dinkelberg
(Vereinigung von Gemeinden, Vereinen und Verbänden im Dinkelberg)
Schwarzwald Tourismus GmbH: Dinkelberg

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