The Drei Kaiserberge (lit. three emperor-mountains)

Hohenstaufen The Hohenstaufen dynasty (, , ), also known as the Staufer, was a noble family of unclear origin that rose to rule the Duchy of Swabia from 1079, and to royal rule in the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle Ages from 1138 until 1254. The dynast ...

(684 meters),

Rechberg The House of Rechberg is the name of an old noble comital family in Swabia during the Holy Roman Empire period. They were sovereign counts of Rechberg and Rothenlöwen. As a mediatized house (mediatized by Württemberg in 1806), the family bel ...

(707 meters) and Stuifen (757 meters) are

inlier An inlier is an area of older rocks surrounded by younger rocks. Inliers are typically formed by the erosion of overlying younger rocks to reveal a limited exposure of the older underlying rocks. Faulting or folding may also contribute to the o ...

mountains of the

Swabian Alb The Swabian Jura ( , 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 Swabia. It is part of th ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, 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 i ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. They form a distinctive group between

Göppingen Göppingen (; or ) is a town in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg. It is the capital of the Goeppingen (district), district Göppingen. Göppingen is home to the toy company Märklin, and it is the birthplace ...

and

Schwäbisch Gmünd Schwäbisch Gmünd (, until 1934: Gmünd; Swabian: ''Gmẽẽd'' or ''Gmend'') is a city in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. With a population of around 60,000, the city is the second largest in the Ostalb district ...

and are a widely visible and prominent feature of the region. Since 4 October 1971, they have been protected together with Aasrücken and Rehgebirge as a Landschaftsschutzgebiet (landscape conservation area).Verordnung des Regierungspräsidiums Nordwürttemberg über das Landschaftsschutzgebiet Hohenstaufen, Rechberg, Stuifen mit Aasrücken und Rehgebirge in den Landkreisen Göppingen und Schwäbisch Gmünd vom 4. Oktober 1971 (GBl. 1971, S. 479)
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Hohenstaufen Castle Hohenstaufen Castle () is a ruined castle in Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The hill castle was built in the 11th century, on a conical hill between the Rems and Fils rivers (both tributaries of the Neckar) in what was then the Duch ...

, the family seat of the royal and imperial family Staufer. Its remains can be seen today at the top of Hohenstaufen. The Kaiserberge are depicted in the city logos of

and

Waldstetten Waldstetten is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, in Ostalbkreis district. Economy and Infrastructure Established businesses Industry- Mostly medium and small sized enterprises are located in Waldstetten, including "Leicht Kü ...

. File:Logo Göppingen.svg, Logo of Göppingen File:Logo Waldstetten.jpg, Logo of Waldstetten The route of the yearly marathon Albmarathon runs over all three mountains.

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