Montabaur Heights

Montabaurer Höhe
View over Vielbach by the
Highest point
PeakAlarmstange
Elevation545.2 m (1,789 ft)
Dimensions
Length12 km (7.5 mi)
Geography
Map
State(s)near Montabaur; Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Range coordinates50°25′29.9″N 7°44′2″E / 50.424972°N 7.73389°E / 50.424972; 7.73389
Parent rangeLower Westerwald
Geology
OrogenyMittelgebirge
Rock typeQuartzite
Bird's eye view: view from Ransbach-Baumbach looking SSE towards the Köppel (l) and Alarmstange (r)
Map of the woods of the Montabaur Heights "in the narrow sense"

The Montabaur Heights (German: Montabaurer Höhe) are a 10 to 15 kilometre long, mostly wooded hill ridge in the southwestern Westerwald in Germany and lies mainly within the county of Westerwaldkreis. The ridge is geographically classified as sub-natural region 324.1 of the Lower Westerwald (major unit 324) and has its highest hill, the 545.2 m above sea level (NHN)[1] Alarmstange, whose summit rises six kilometres west of the town of Montabaur and about 12 km northeast of Koblenz.

Literature

  • Mischa Ferdinand, Ursula Braun: Die Farnflora der Montabaurer Höhe, Zweckverb. Naturpark Nassau, 1997
  1. ^ Map service of the Landscape Information System of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Office (Naturschutzverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz)