''For the town in Germany, see
Habichtswald, Hesse
Habichtswald is a municipality in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 12 kilometers west of Kassel
Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in North Hesse, northern Hesse, in Central Ger ...
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The Habichtswald is a small mountain range, covering some 35 km
2 and rising to a height of 615 m, immediately west of the city of
Kassel
Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in North Hesse, northern Hesse, in Central Germany (geography), central Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel (region), Kassel and the d ...
in northern
Hesse
Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...
in Germany.
It is part of a central European volcanic arc.
Tuffs
Tuff is a type of rock made of volcanic ash ejected from a vent during a volcanic eruption. Following ejection and deposition, the ash is lithified into a solid rock. Rock that contains greater than 75% ash is considered tuff, while rock cont ...
from Habichtswald have been used as building-stone material in local churches.
The bulk of the range is a nature reserve. The remainder lies within the city limits of Kassel and is partly settled. The castle and park of
Wilhelmshöhe are located within the Habichtswald.
References
Mountain ranges of Hesse
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