Taunus region

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Roman fort geographical region low mountain range

The Taunus region is a low mountain range in Hesse, Germany, known for its forested hills, spa towns, and historical castles overlooking the Rhine-Main area.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Saalburg Roman fort 0
Großer Feldberg 0

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman fort ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
low mountain range ⓘ
borders Rhine-Main metropolitan region ⓘ
surface form: Rhine-Main region
climate temperate oceanic ⓘ
contains Altkönig ⓘ
Bad Camberg ⓘ
Homburg vor der Höhe ⓘ
surface form: Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

Bad Schwalbach ⓘ
Bad Soden am Taunus ⓘ
Braunfels ⓘ
Eppstein ⓘ
Friedrichsdorf ⓘ
Glashütten ⓘ
Großer Feldberg ⓘ
Hochtaunus ⓘ
Hofheim am Taunus ⓘ
Idstein ⓘ
Idsteiner Senke ⓘ
Großer Feldberg ⓘ
surface form: Kleiner Feldberg

Kronberg im Taunus ⓘ
Königstein im Taunus ⓘ
Lahn valley sections ⓘ
Limburg an der Lahn ⓘ
Nassau (Lahn) ⓘ
Neu-Anspach ⓘ
Oberursel (Taunus) ⓘ
Left Bank of the Rhine ⓘ
surface form: Rhine valley slopes

Runkel ⓘ
Schmitten ⓘ
Taunusstein ⓘ
Usingen ⓘ
Vordertaunus ⓘ
Weilburg ⓘ
North Hesse ⓘ
surface form: Wetterau edge
country Germany ⓘ
drainedBy Lahn ⓘ
surface form: Lahn River

River Main ⓘ
surface form: Main River

Rhine ⓘ
surface form: Rhine River
elevation 879 m ⓘ
geologicalAge Palaeozoic ⓘ
geology greywacke ⓘ
quartzite ⓘ
slate ⓘ
hasHistoricalSite Braunfels Castle ⓘ
Eppstein Castle ⓘ
Homburg Castle ⓘ
Kronberg Castle ⓘ
Saalburg Roman fort ⓘ
Weilburg Castle ⓘ
hasLandcover mixed deciduous and coniferous forests ⓘ
highestPoint Großer Feldberg ⓘ
knownFor forested hills ⓘ
historical castles ⓘ
spa towns ⓘ
locatedIn Hesse ⓘ
Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ
near Frankfurt am Main ⓘ
Mainz ⓘ
Wiesbaden ⓘ
overlooks Rhine-Main metropolitan region ⓘ
surface form: Rhine-Main area
partOf German Central Uplands ⓘ
German Central Uplands ⓘ
surface form: Rhenish Massif

Limes Germanicus ⓘ
surface form: Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes
popularFor cycling ⓘ
day trips from Frankfurt ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
usedFor forestry ⓘ
recreation and tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County of Nassau → hasTerritorialCore → Taunus region ⓘ
Duchy of Nassau → locatedInRegion → Taunus region ⓘ