Swabian Jura

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geographical region low mountain range

The Swabian Jura is a low mountain range in southwestern Germany known for its limestone plateaus, caves, and picturesque landscapes stretching across Baden-Württemberg.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Franconian Jura 1
Lemberg (Swabian Jura) 0
Swabian Alb 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
low mountain range ⓘ
boundedBy Black Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
Danube ⓘ
surface form: Danube River

Franconian Jura ⓘ
Upper Rhine Plain ⓘ
contains Ach Valley ⓘ
Blautopf spring ⓘ
Geißenklösterle ⓘ
Hohenzollern Castle ⓘ
Hohle Fels ⓘ
Hohlenstein-Stadel cave ⓘ
Laichingen cave ⓘ
Lone Valley ⓘ
Urach Waterfall ⓘ
Vogelherd Cave ⓘ
Wimsener Höhle ⓘ
country Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
crossedBy Autobahn A7 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Autobahn A8 NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevation 1015 m ⓘ
geologicalComposition limestone ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Jurassic ⓘ
highestPoint Lemberg (Swabian Jura) ⓘ
knownFor Ice Age figurative art ⓘ
Paleolithic archaeological sites ⓘ
caves ⓘ
karst landscape ⓘ
limestone plateaus ⓘ
picturesque landscapes ⓘ
steep escarpments ⓘ
length about 220 km ⓘ
locatedIn Baden-Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
southwestern Germany ⓘ
majorTownOnEdge Heidenheim an der Brenz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Reutlingen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tübingen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ulm NERFINISHED ⓘ
mountainRangeType cuesta ⓘ
orientation southwest–northeast ⓘ
otherName Schwäbische Alb ⓘ
Swabian Jura ⓘ
surface form: Swabian Alb
partOf German Central Uplands ⓘ
surface form: South German Scarplands
passesThrough Albtrauf escarpment ⓘ
UNESCOSite Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura ⓘ
UNESCOStatus contains UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
usedFor cycling ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
nature tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Bavarian Plateau → borders → Swabian Jura ⓘ
Bavarian Plateau → borders → Swabian Jura ⓘ
this entity surface form: Franconian Jura
Black Forest → borders → Swabian Jura ⓘ
Alb-Donau-Kreis → containsPart → Swabian Jura ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Germany
Alb-Donau-Kreis → hasMountainRange → Swabian Jura ⓘ
Baden-Württemberg → hasRegion → Swabian Jura ⓘ
Herrlingen → hasRelief → Swabian Jura ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swabian Jura foothills
Göppingen, Germany → locatedNear → Swabian Jura ⓘ
subject surface form: Göppingen
Heidenheim an der Brenz → locatedNear → Swabian Jura ⓘ
Alb-Donau-Kreis → namedAfter → Swabian Jura ⓘ
Swabian Jura → otherName → Swabian Jura ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swabian Alb