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250px|thumb|right|Tuffite from Hohentwiel 250px|thumb|right|Phonolite from Hohentwiel 250px|thumb|right|Natrolite from Hohentwiel (Type locality)

Key facts

Mountain.name
Hohentwiel
Mountain.photo
Hohentwiel Baden-W..jpg
Mountain.photo_size
250
Mountain.elevation_m
696.2
Mountain.map
Germany Baden-Württemberg
Mountain.map_caption
The location within Baden-Württemberg
Mountain.label_position
right
Mountain.location
Konstanz district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
geotope
Part of
Hegau
Country
Germany
Population
0
Elevation
696
Image
Hohentwiel-luftbild.jpg
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Commons category
Hohentwiel
Commons gallery
Hohentwiel
topographic prominence
176
time period
Langhian
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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • Naming etymology
  • Code name
  • Biogeography
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • Sedmentation since the Jurassic Period
  • Volcanism in the Miocene Period
  • The Quaternary Glaciation
  • Stratification
  • Hohentwiel Castle
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

250px|thumb|right|Tuffite from Hohentwiel 250px|thumb|right|Phonolite from Hohentwiel 250px|thumb|right|Natrolite from Hohentwiel (Type locality)

Hohentwiel () is a mountain of volcanic origin in the Hegau region of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is the Hausberg of the industrial city of Singen, located west of it and ca west of Zeller See (Lake Constance). The ruins of the medieval Hohentwiel Castle rest on top of it.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hohentwiel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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