List of mountains and hills of the Taunus
This list of mountains and hills of the Taunus contains a selection of the highest and most notable mountains and hills in the Taunus and its foothills in the German states of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate. The Taunus is part of the Rhenish Massif, part of the German Central Uplands, and has three nature parks: Taunus (formerly Hochtaunus), Nassau and Rhine-Taunus.
- See also:
– List of mountains and hills of the Rhenish Massif
– List of mountains and hills of Hesse
– List of mountains and hills of Rhineland-Palatinate
The mountains and hills in the table below are initially sorted by height in metres (m) above sea level (NHN) (source [1] unless otherwise stated) The table may be resorted by any of five columns by clicking on the symbol at the top. In the column headed "Mountain or hill" alternative names are given in brackets, small text and italics. In this column, when there is more than one entry of the same name, they are distinguished by a place name.
The abbreviations used in the table are explained below.
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Abkürzungen
Die in der Tabelle verwendeten Abkürzungen (alphabetisch sortiert) bedeuten:
County abbreviations:
- HG = Hochtaunuskreis
- LDK = Lahn-Dill-Kreis
- LM = Limburg-Weilburg
- RÜD = Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis
- MTK = Main-Taunus-Kreis
- EMS = Rhein-Lahn-Kreis
- FB = Wetteraukreis
Independent city and town abbreviations:
German state abbreviations (ISO 3166-2):
- HE = Hesse
- RP = Rhineland-Palatinate
Sonstiges:
- > = "greater than" symbol (here: used where the actual height is probably higher than that given)
- AT = viewing tower
- FFH = Fauna-Flora habitat region
- KD = Cultural monument
- ND = Natural monument
- Nk = Subpeak
- NP = Nature park
- NSG = Nature reserve
- UG-R Limes = Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes (ORL)
- RMC = Römerkastell = Roman military camp
- VCP = Verband Christlicher Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder
- s. a. = see also
References and footnotes
- Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
- zur Höhe of the Großen Feldbergs siehe in dessen Artikel den Abschnitt Höhe
- Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Energy, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (Hessisches Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz)
- Map service of the Landscape Information System of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Office (Naturschutzverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz)
- Hessisches Landesamt für geschichtliche Landeskunde: Karte Gesteinteheck, auf LAGIS Hesse.de
- Topographical hiking map Eastern Taunus – WK 840; publ.: Kompass, M = 1:50.000, ISBN 978-3-85026-672-7
- Berghöhe – diverse Berge laut unbekannte / nicht recherchierte Source (river)
- Topographical hiking map Taunus Nature Park Nord; publ.: Rheingau-Taunus-Kartographie, M = 1:40.000, ISBN 978-3-936510-06-5