Heilbronn Hills

Heilbronn Hills
*Heilbronner Berge*
Heilbronn Hills; Heilbronner Berge
	The Heilbronn Hills in the west-northwest of the natural region of the Swabian-Franconian Forest
Highest point
Peak
Elevation	378 m above NHN
Geography
State	Heilbronn and Heilbronn county; Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Range coordinates	49°06′59″N 9°17′50″E / 49.116444°N 9.297306°ECoordinates: 49°06′59″N 9°17′50″E / 49.116444°N 9.297306°E
Parent range	Lowenstein Hills im; Swabian-Franconian Forest
Geology
Orogeny	Bergland
Type of rock	Keuper

of the Wartberg

The Trappenseeschlösschen

The Heilbronn Hills (German: Heilbronner Berge) in the borough of Heilbronn with foothills in the county of Heilbronn are the northwestern outliers of the Lowenstein Hills in the south German state of Baden-Württemberg and reach a height of 378 m above sea level (NHN).^[1] Together with the to the northeast they are often known as the Heilbronn Uplands (Heilbronner Bergland).

Geography[]

Location[]

The Heilbronn Hills forms the northwestern foothills of the Löwenstein Hills in the west-northwestern part of the Swabian-Franconian Forest. The region extends from north to south, bulging eastwards in a sickle-shape around the city of Heilbronn. In the north and northeast it is bounded by the valley of on the far side of which is the . To the east on the other side of the valley of the Stadtseebach (Saubach) are the west-northwest foothills of the Mainhardt Forest, to the southeast the range transitions into the Lowenstein Hills themselves and in the southwest, west and northwest they descend in keuper escarpments into the .

Villages dot the edges of the Heilbronn Hills, many, especially those in the borough of Heilbronn, extending into the hills: Erlenbach and Weinsberg in the north, Lehrensteinsfeld (further away) in the east, Obergruppenbach in the southeast, Untergruppenbach in the south, Flein and in the southwest, Heilbronn in the west and Neckarsulm in the northwest.

Natural regions[]

From a natural region perspective, the Heilbronn Hills (No. 108.13) with the (108.12) and the (108.11) are part of the Lowenstein Hills (108.1) within the Swabian Keuper-Lias Plains (10) and Swabian-Franconian Forest (108).^[2]

Hills[]

The high points of the Heilbronn Hills included the following – sorted by height in metres (m) above sea level (NHN; unless otherwise stated according to the ^[1]):

(378.0 m), 1.5 km north-northeast of the Heilbronn village of Obergruppenbach
Schweinsberg (372.8 m), 1.5 km northwest of the Heilbronn village of
(364.5 m), 1.6 km northwest of Obergruppenbach
(344.5 m), 0.8 km northwest of Obergruppenbach
Wartberg (313.3 m),^[3] 2.3 km northeast of Heilbronn's city centre
Galgenberg (ca. 312 m), 3.8 km east of Heilbronn's city centre
(300.7 m), 1.5 km northeast of the Heilbronn village of Flein
(293.0 m), 3.5 km southeast of Heilbronn's city centre
(278.1 m), ca. 3 km southeast of Heilbronn's city centre
(255.4 m), ca. 3 km north-northeast of Heilbronn's city centre
(265.5 m), 1 km north-northeast of Flein

View from Untergruppenbach-Vorhof in the east-southeast looking towards the Schweinsberg and Heilbronn TV Tower
View of the Wartberg from the west tower of St. Kilian's Church
The Köpferbrunnenanlage spring
Forest inn of

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
^ Naturräumliche Haupteinheiten Deutschlands – Naturraum-Nummern 10–19, at wikipedia.de
^ Höhe vom Wartberg Archived 2014-03-14 at the Wayback Machine im Amtlichen Stadtplan Heilbronn, = 1:15,000, at stadtplan.heilbronn.de

[DE_BFN-Karten-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation

[Naturraum-2] Naturräumliche Haupteinheiten Deutschlands – Naturraum-Nummern 10–19, at wikipedia.de

[StPlHN-3] Höhe vom Wartberg Archived 2014-03-14 at the Wayback Machine im Amtlichen Stadtplan Heilbronn, = 1:15,000, at stadtplan.heilbronn.de

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