Fuchseck

The Fuchseck is a 762m high mountain on the northern edge of the

Swabian Alb 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 ...

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 ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

. The mountain is surrounded by the towns of

Gammelshausen Gammelshausen is a town in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History Gammelshausen was purchased by the County of Württemberg in 1321 but then in 1479 passed out of Württemberg's control and into that of the with Dü ...

, Eschenbach,

Schlat Schlat is a municipality in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History Schlat changed owners several times during the Middle Ages. Barbara von Schlat, a local noblewoman, sold a third of the town in 1410 to Adelberg Abbe ...

and

Bad Ditzenbach Bad Ditzenbach ( Swabian: ''Ditzebach'') is a municipality in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. History The townships of Ditzenbach, , and were, until German mediatization in 1806, possessions of the House of ...

. The summit is on the municipal border of Schlat in the

Göppingen District Göppingen ( Swabian: ''Geppenge'' or ''Gebbenga'') is a town in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg. It is the capital of the district Göppingen. Göppingen is home to the toy company Märklin, and it is the b ...

. The mountain is popular for its hiking and mountain biking opportunities. Nearby mountains include the Wasserberg and Sielenwang. Mountains and hills of Baden-Württemberg Mountains and hills of the Swabian Jura {{BadenWurttemberg-geo-stub