List of hills of the Schönbuch explained

This list of hills of the Schönbuch contains an almost complete selection of the hills, high points and spurs or subpeaks of the Schönbuch, a forest region in the south German Keuper Uplands, and of the Schönbuch Nature Park within the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

The table below is organised in order of height in metres above sea level (NHN), but some of the columns are sortable by clicking on the symbol in the respective header.

The abbreviations used in the table are explained below.

Hill or high pointHeight
(m)
LocationCounties
Part of
(see Remarks)
582.6 Hermitage Former chapel,
Schonwald Diebsteig,
Wagner military cemetery (on the Gr. Goldersbach stream)
580.3[1] Recultivated rubbish and soil tip, former quarry
566.1
566.0
560.9 Grafenberg NR
(23.9 ha; 480–560 m; 19 August 1969)
558.9 Northwestern spur of the Bromberg
555.5
546.1 Schönbuch-Westhang/Ammerbuch NR
(459.0 ha; 360–540 m; 15 November 2000)
(with the Pfaffenkopf in front to the south)
Burgberg Breitenholz 543.1 Müneck Castle,
Schönbuch-Westhang/Ammerbuch NR
(459.0 ha; 360–540 m; 15 November 2000)
532.2 Southwestern spur of the Bromberg
Palace ofberg
Herrenberg
522.8 Herrenberg Palace
Palace ofberg
Rohrau
<--ca.-->520 lost castle of Rohrau
515.2
Schlossberg Entringen 509.9 Palace of Hohenentringen,
Schönbuch-Westhang/Ammerbuch NR
(459.0 ha; 360–540 m; 15 November 2000)
502.0 Schaich Valley NR
(205.9 ha; 320–360 m; 23 February 1995),
Eisenbachhain NR
(8.3 ha; 470–490 m; 23 August 1937)
499.5 Waldenbuch Transmission Tower,
Celtic quadrangular schanze,
Schaich valley NR
(205.9 ha; 320–360 m; 23 February 1995),
Betzenberg Forest Educational Trail
Steinenberg
(Tübingen)
492.0 Steinenberg Tower (OT)
490.5
Kapellenberg
(Wurmlinger Berg)
<--ca.-->475 St. Remigius Chapel
(Wurmlingen Chapel)
474.4 Former castle of Ödenburg,
Hirschauer Berg NR
(22.2 ha; 375–470 m; 30 July 1980),
Spitzberg - Ödenburg NR
(9.9 ha; 280–427 m; 22 October 1990)
(Spitzberg is south of the Schönbuch)
469.6 Uhlberg Tower (OT)
464.6 Geological trail
Schlossberg Unterjesingen 456.8 Roseck Palace,
Schönbuch-Westhang/Ammerbuch NR
(459.0 ha; 360–540 m; 15 November 2000)
456.0 Schaichberg Tower (WT),
Schaich Valley NR
(205.9 ha; 320–360 m; 23 February 1995),
Sulzeiche NR
(1.9 ha; 445–455 m; 16 November 1981)
437.9 Österberg Tower (former OT)
433.1
Keßlerhau
(local name)
417.2 Neuweiler Viehweide NR
(13.5 ha; 370–417.2 m; 3 January 1984)
Steinenberg
(Aichtal)
383.1 Aich Viaduct

Abbreviations and key

The abbreviations used in the table (alphabetically sorted) mean:

Counties: Other:
The Part of column usually gives details of the local nature reserve, which is almost never on the hilltop, but on its sides or at its foot. The area in hectares, height in metres (m) above Normalhöhennull (NHN) and the date of foundation are given.

See also

References

  1. Measurement undertaken by the Landratsamt Böblingen over 5 control survey points in 2016