Montabaur Heights Explained

Montabaurer Höhe
State:near Montabaur; Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Parent:Lower Westerwald
Geology:Quartzite
Orogeny:Mittelgebirge
Highest:Alarmstange
Elevation M:545.2
Length Km:12
Range Coordinates:50.425°N 7.7339°W

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 Alarmstange, whose summit rises six kilometres west of the town of Montabaur and about 12 km northeast of Koblenz.

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