Holzstöcke

The Holzstöcke is an elongated, densely forested, mountain range running from north to south in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is up to about 700 m above sea level (NN)[1] and covers and area of 381.9 square kilometres.[2] It is a large, terraced landscape that is part of the Iller-Lech Plateau in the Alpine Foreland of south Germany. It lies southwest of the city of Ulm in the counties of Alb-Donau-Kreis and Biberach in Upper Swabia and rises above the valley floors by about 75 metres.[2]

Holzstöcke
The Holzstöcke seen from the Iller valley near Kirchberg
Highest point
Elevation700 m (2,300 ft)
Coordinates48°7′51.96″N 10°1′0.48″E 
Dimensions
Area381.9 km2 (147.5 sq mi)
Geography
Parent rangeAlpine Foreland

Mountains and hills

In the southern part of the Holzstöcke near Aitrach the hills gradually rise from heights of around 500 m above NN in the north near Illerkirchberg up to the 700 metre contour line in the south where there is an area of unnamed mountains and hills.

The following is a list of the named high points in the Holzstöcke – sorted by height in metres (m) above Normalnull (NN):[1]

  • The Holzstöcke near Wain in the county of Biberach
  • Panoramic view SW of Dietenheim
  • The Holzstöcke in the valley of the Weihung, north of the hamlet of Grubach
  • The Holzstöcke, south of Kirchberg on the Iller
  • The Weihung is a small river that flows through the Holzstöcke.
  • The Tannschorrenweiher on the Haslach Plateaux between Haslach and Tannheim
  • Tannschorrenweiher

References
  1. Kartendienste Archived 2012-12-19 at the Wayback Machine des BfN
  2. Emil Meynen, Josef Schmithüsen: Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands. Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Remagen/Bad Godesberg 1953–1962 (9 issues in 8 books, 1:1,000,000 map with major landscape units, 1960).
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