Westerwald
Sign in to saveThe Westerwald (; literally 'Western forest') is a low mountain range on the right bank of the river Rhine in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a part of the Rhenish Massif ( or Rhenish Slate Mountains). Its highest elevation, at 657 m above sea level, is the Fuchskaute in the High Westerwald.
Key facts
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- Arborn Panorama.jpg
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- The Westerwald near Arborn (Greifenstein)
- Mountain.parent
- Rhenish Massif
- Mountain.state
- Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Mountain.geology
- includes basalt, quartzite, slate
- Mountain.area_km2
- 3000
- Mountain.orogeny
- formed as part of the German Central Uplands
- Mountain.highest
- Fuchskaute
- Mountain.length_km
- 60
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- Westerwald - Deutsche Mittelgebirge, Serie A-de.png
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- Westerwald overview map
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
24 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Location
- The Westerwald's regions
- Climate
- Places
- Transport connections
- Geology
- Mountains
- Waterways
- Flowing waters
- Standing waters
- History
- Early times
- Roman times
- Chatti times
- Frankish times
- Middle Ages
- Modern times
- Notable people
- Westerwaldlied
- Other
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
The Westerwald (; literally 'Western forest') is a low mountain range on the right bank of the river Rhine in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a part of the Rhenish Massif ( or Rhenish Slate Mountains). Its highest elevation, at 657 m above sea level, is the Fuchskaute in the High Westerwald.
Tourist attractions include the (394 metres), site of some Celtic ruins from La Tène times (5th to 1st century BC), found in the community of the same name, and Limburg an der Lahn, a town with a mediaeval centre.