View of Bottenhorn in a small hollow (485 m) on the Bottenhorn Plateau. In the background is the Angelburg.
The Gladenbach Uplands are geographical unit 320 which is part of the natural region 32, the Westerwald, in Germany's system of natural regions. The Gladenbach Highlands is largely coextensive with the Lahn-Dill Uplands Nature Park which extends further west, however, but is somewhat less extensive in the southeast and whose boundaries tend to line up with those of the sponsoring municipalities. In addition, not insignificant areas belong to the historical Hessian Hinterland, which is why the two named articles refer to one another, as far as regional associations, culture and history are concerned. Geology and mining will be largely covered in the article on the Lahn-Dill Region
The prominent heights on the eastern edge of the natural region of Zollbuche seen from the north (from right up to the centre): the Dreisberg (448 m), Koppe (454 m) and Hemmerich (470 m). Right of centre the distant Dünsberg (498 m) may be made out, whilst the Zollbuche ridge transitions on the right into the Bad Endbach Plateau (up to 488 m).
On the rivers Lahn and Dill the following towns - clockwise from the north - border the Gladenbach Uplands:
The northwest transitions to the Rothaar Mountains are comparatively fluid. Here the watershed between the Lahn tributaries of the Banfe and Perf define the boundary.
Rivers and streamsedit
The natural regions mentioned above are generally divided between the catchment areas of the der Lahn and Dill tributaries and the landscapes separated by these rivers.
The most important watercourses, in addition to the boundary rivers of the Lahn, Dill and Dietzhölze – are the Aar, the Salzböde, the Perf and Allna.
The following rivers and streams are sorted in clockwise order i.e. down the Lahn and up the Dill, beginning with the upper reaches of the Lahn in the north and cover a catchment area of over 20 km²:[1] (the natural regions are linked in the column of their most important river!)
The outer boundary of the Gladenbach Uplands is formed by the Lahn and Dill accompanied in the north (upper reaches of the Lahn) by the B 62, in the east by the B 3Marburg-Gießen (mostly autobahn-like, clearly external in the Marburg area), in the east, south of the B 49 Gießen-Wetzlar (mostly autobahn-like) and in the southwest (lower reaches of the Dill) by the A 45. The Bundesstraße 253 Dillenburg-Biedenkopf (see above) roughly closes the remaining gap.
Waterbodiesedit
The most important reservoir in the Gladenbach Uplands is the Aartalsee (57 ha, 270 m above NN) in the Niederweidbach Basin, followed by the Perf Reservoir (18 ha, 301 m) in the Breidenbach Bottom (Breidenbach Bottom).
Hillsedit
The hills of the Gladenbach Uplands, arranged by ridge or natural region, include the following: (Location of the natural regions with the Gladenbach Uplands and location of the hills within the natural region)
The Daubhaus (552 m, centre left) and the Allberg (528 m) at the far eastern edge of the Bottenhorn Plateaux. In the foreground is the Gladenbach village of RunzhausenView looking past Gießen and the castles of Vetzberg (left) and Gleiberg (right) to the 498 m high DünsbergView from the B 255 of Gladenbach. Centre rear: the 357 m high Lammerich; left: northern foot of the 361 m high Kirchberg.The lower Gansbach Valley near Frechenhausen. Background: the Schwarzenberg (Breidenbach Grund) and the Sackpfeife.The 533 m high Schwarzenberg spurs of Nimerich and Friedensdorf. Rear right: the Biedenkopf and the 631 m high Sackpfeife spur of Hainpracht
Bottenhorn Plateaux - northwest of the centre
Angelburg (609 m) - west of the centre; occasionally counted as part of the Schelde Forest
Schmittgrund (590 m) - southern spur of the Angelburg, occasionally counted as part of the Schelde Forest
Donnerberg (370 m) - southeast, northeast of Gladenbach
Krofdorf-Königsberg Forest - south and southeast
Dünsberg (498 m) - east centre; volcanic singularity with Celtic excavation sites, TV transmission tower and observation tower
Altenberg (442 m) - northwest centre, observation tower
Ramsberg (ca. 435 m) - north; Hohensolms Castle
Forst Krofdorf (up to 357 m) - east; large contiguous forest region that links the Dünsberg to the east with the Lahn Valley
Königsstuhl (348 m) - south; one of the southernmost hills of the Gladenbach Uplands
Hörre - southwest
Alteburg (445 m) - in the centre
Roßberg (392 m) - northeast, south of Bischoffen
Koppe (354 m) - south, west of Kölschhausen
Niederweidbach Basin - south of the centre
Bergwald (im east up to 392 m) - east of the centre
Salzböde Valley - northeast, east and southeast of the centre
Kirchberg (362 m) - north, east of Gladenbach
Lammerich (357 m) - north, southwest of Gladenbach
View from the Hasenkopf looking west to the Tannenberg (left), the Großer Feldberg and the hills of the Gladenbach Uplands including the Dünsberg, Hemmerich, Angelburg, Daubhaus and Rimberg
Meynen, Emil (ed.): Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands. Selbstverlag der Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Remagen, 1953-1962 (Part 1, contains issues 1-5), ISBN B0000BJ19E
Meynen, Emil (ed.): Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands. Selbstverlag der Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Remagen, 1959-1962 (Part 2, contains issues 6-9), ISBN B0000BJ19F
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The Gladenbach Uplands German Gladenbacher Bergland named after their central town of Gladenbach is a range of hills up to 609 m high in the Rhine Massif in Germany on the junction of the Rothaar Mountains north and northwest Westerwald southwest Eastern Hintertaunus in the south and West Hesse Highlands in the east It lies in Central Hesse within the districts of Marburg Biedenkopf Lahn Dill and Giessen within the so called Lahn Dill Dietzholze loop Small parts of the Upper Lahn Valley in the northwest belong together with the town of Bad Laasphe also to the district of Siegen Wittgenstein North Rhine Westphalia Gladenbach UplandsView from the Dreisberg to the south of the village of GladenbachHighest pointPeakAngelburgElevation609 4 m above NNDimensionsLength80 km 50 mi Area780 km2 300 sq mi GeographyStateMiddle Hesse small elements also part of Wittgenstein Land NRW Range coordinates50 47 18 N 8 25 43 E 50 7882 N 8 42869 E 50 7882 8 42869Parent rangeWesterwald Rhenish MassifGeologyOrogenyhills of the German Central UplandsView of Bottenhorn in a small hollow 485 m on the Bottenhorn Plateau In the background is the Angelburg The Gladenbach Uplands are geographical unit 320 which is part of the natural region 32 the Westerwald in Germany s system of natural regions The Gladenbach Highlands is largely coextensive with the Lahn Dill Uplands Nature Park which extends further west however but is somewhat less extensive in the southeast and whose boundaries tend to line up with those of the sponsoring municipalities In addition not insignificant areas belong to the historical Hessian Hinterland which is why the two named articles refer to one another as far as regional associations culture and history are concerned Geology and mining will be largely covered in the article on the Lahn Dill Region Contents 1 Geography 2 Location and boundaries 3 Rivers and streams 4 Waterbodies 5 Hills 6 References 7 Literature 8 External linksGeography editLocation and boundaries edit nbsp The prominent heights on the eastern edge of the natural region of Zollbuche seen from the north from right up to the centre the Dreisberg 448 m Koppe 454 m and Hemmerich 470 m Right of centre the distant Dunsberg 498 m may be made out whilst the Zollbuche ridge transitions on the right into the Bad Endbach Plateau up to 488 m On the rivers Lahn and Dill the following towns clockwise from the north border the Gladenbach Uplands Bad Laasphe northwest Biedenkopf north Western suburbs of Marburg northeast Lollar southeast Giessen southeast Wetzlar south Herborn southwest Dillenburg west The northwest transitions to the Rothaar Mountains are comparatively fluid Here the watershed between the Lahn tributaries of the Banfe and Perf define the boundary Rivers and streams editThe natural regions mentioned above are generally divided between the catchment areas of the der Lahn and Dill tributaries and the landscapes separated by these rivers The most important watercourses in addition to the boundary rivers of the Lahn Dill and Dietzholze are the Aar the Salzbode the Perf and Allna The following rivers and streams are sorted in clockwise order i e down the Lahn and up the Dill beginning with the upper reaches of the Lahn in the north and cover a catchment area of over 20 km 1 the natural regions are linked in the column of their most important river to full list Name Parentriver Length km Catchment area km Drainsinto l s Mouthelevation m above NN Natural regions heading downstream Roads DGKZDiete Perf l 8 8 24 64 310 Breidenbach Bottom B 253 25814 6Gansbach Perf l 11 1 23 17 349 Bottenhorn Plateaux Breidenbach Bottom L 3042 25814 2Perf Lahn r 20 0 113 13 1776 285 Bottenhorn Plateaux Breidenbach Bottom L 3049 B 253 258 14Dautphe Lahn r 8 8 41 81 533 245 Bottenhorn Plateaux Upper Lahn Valley B 453 258 16Elnhauser Wasser Ohe l 5 9 24 25 171 195 Elnhausen Michelbach Basin 258326 6Ohe Allna l 11 5 44 28 337 195 Damshauser Kuppen Elnhausen Michelbach Basin L 3387 25832 6Allna Lahn r 19 1 92 02 665 172 Damshauser Kuppen Elnhausen Michelbach Basin L 3387 258 32Wenkbach Lahn r 7 2 20 77 107 168 Salzbode Valley Marburger Lahn Valley Basin 258 332Salzbode Lahn r 27 6 137 85 1322 164 Zollbuche Salzbode Valley Krofdorf Konigsberg Forest Marburger Lahn Valley Basin L 3050 B 255 L 3048 258 34Vers Salzbode r 8 4 42 55 188 Salzbode Valley L 3061 25834 8Bieber Lahn r 13 5 34 68 217 155 Krofdorf Konigsberg Forest Giessen Lahn Valley Basin L 3474 L 3286 258 394Lemp Dill l 11 7 34 97 274 170 Krofdorf Konigsberg Forest Krofdorf Konigsberger Horre L 3052 2584 92Aar Dill l 20 6 148 76 1602 210 Niederweidbach Basin Horre Schelde Forest Lower Dill Valley B 255 2584 6Siegbach Aar r 12 2 28 67 260 Bottenhorn Plateaux Zollbuche L 3050 L 3049 25846 6Schelde Dill l 12 0 35 03 426 221 Schelde Forest L 3042 2584 56Dietzholze Dill l 23 7 88 44 1431 233 Rothaar Mountains Upper Dill Valley B 253 2584 4The outer boundary of the Gladenbach Uplands is formed by the Lahn and Dill accompanied in the north upper reaches of the Lahn by the B 62 in the east by the B 3 Marburg Giessen mostly autobahn like clearly external in the Marburg area in the east south of the B 49 Giessen Wetzlar mostly autobahn like and in the southwest lower reaches of the Dill by the A 45 The Bundesstrasse 253 Dillenburg Biedenkopf see above roughly closes the remaining gap Waterbodies editThe most important reservoir in the Gladenbach Uplands is the Aartalsee 57 ha 270 m above NN in the Niederweidbach Basin followed by the Perf Reservoir 18 ha 301 m in the Breidenbach Bottom Breidenbach Bottom Hills editThe hills of the Gladenbach Uplands arranged by ridge or natural region include the following Location of the natural regions with the Gladenbach Uplands and location of the hills within the natural region nbsp The Daubhaus 552 m centre left and the Allberg 528 m at the far eastern edge of the Bottenhorn Plateaux In the foreground is the Gladenbach village of Runzhausen nbsp View looking past Giessen and the castles of Vetzberg left and Gleiberg right to the 498 m high Dunsberg nbsp View from the B 255 of Gladenbach Centre rear the 357 m high Lammerich left northern foot of the 361 m high Kirchberg nbsp The lower Gansbach Valley near Frechenhausen Background the Schwarzenberg Breidenbach Grund and the Sackpfeife nbsp The 533 m high Schwarzenberg spurs of Nimerich and Friedensdorf Rear right the Biedenkopf and the 631 m high Sackpfeife spur of HainprachtBottenhorn Plateaux northwest of the centre Angelburg 609 m west of the centre occasionally counted as part of the Schelde Forest Schmittgrund 590 m southern spur of the Angelburg occasionally counted as part of the Schelde Forest Mattenberg 578 m north west Kurzbeul 566 m extreme west Wurgeloh 563 9 m north Hartenrod Bad Endbach Madche 560 m northwest Daubhaus 551 8 m extreme east north of Rachelshausen Allberg 528 m northeast of the Daubhaus Hunstein 504 m north of the Allberg not really an independent summit but has an observation tower gives its name to Holzhausen am Hunstein Bolzeberg 520 m extreme northeast Steffenberg 489 m extreme west north gives its name to the municipality of Steffenberg Schelde Forest in the narrow sense west Eschenburg 590 m NN north above the Dietzholze Valley which lies to the northwest Hohe Koppe 540 2 m northeast Stockseite 516 m east Breidenbach Bottom extreme north west Hemmerichskopf 562 m western boundary with the Rothaar Mountains Schwarzenberg 561 m northeast centre eines grossen zusammenhangendes Waldgebiet southwest of Biedenkopf and east of Breidenbach Hachenberg 552 m northern subpeak Nimerich 533 m southeastern subpeak highest point in the municipality of Dautphetal Schadenberg 545 m southwest of the centre Galgenberg 541 m extreme southwest Entenberg 535 m northwestern boundary zum Rothaar Mountains Zollbuche centre Hirschhohl 503 m northwest boundary with the plateaux Schonscheid 498 m west northwest Gunterod Bad Endbacher Platte up to 488 m centre Hemmerich 475 7 m east forms with Koppe and Dreisberg the eastern trio of hills of the Gladenbach Uplands Koppe 454 m with observation tower near Gladenbach Erdhausen Dreisberg 448 m Damshauser Kuppen northeast Rimberg 498 m east north with observation tower Kappe 494 m west north Schweinskopf 472 m north west near Dautphetal Herzhausen Eichelhardt 465 m northwest Dusenberg 457 m extreme west near Dautphetal Herzhausen Hornberg 451 m extreme northwest Hungert 412 m extreme northeast pyramidal Kuppe on the boundary with the Marburg Ridge Auersberg 385 m east between Elnhausen Nesselbrunn and Dilschhausen Donnerberg 370 m southeast northeast of Gladenbach Krofdorf Konigsberg Forest south and southeast Dunsberg 498 m east centre volcanic singularity with Celtic excavation sites TV transmission tower and observation tower Altenberg 442 m northwest centre observation tower Ramsberg ca 435 m north Hohensolms Castle Forst Krofdorf up to 357 m east large contiguous forest region that links the Dunsberg to the east with the Lahn Valley Konigsstuhl 348 m south one of the southernmost hills of the Gladenbach Uplands Horre southwest Alteburg 445 m in the centre Rossberg 392 m northeast south of Bischoffen Koppe 354 m south west of Kolschhausen Niederweidbach Basin south of the centre Bergwald im east up to 392 m east of the centre Salzbode Valley northeast east and southeast of the centre Kirchberg 362 m north east of Gladenbach Lammerich 357 m north southwest of Gladenbach nbsp View from the Hasenkopf looking west to the Tannenberg left the Grosser Feldberg and the hills of the Gladenbach Uplands including the Dunsberg Hemmerich Angelburg Daubhaus and RimbergReferences edit River data from WRRL Hessen Archived 2009 06 01 at the Wayback MachineLiterature editMeynen Emil ed Handbuch der naturraumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands Selbstverlag der Bundesanstalt fur Landeskunde Remagen 1953 1962 Part 1 contains issues 1 5 ISBN B0000BJ19E Meynen Emil ed Handbuch der naturraumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands Selbstverlag der Bundesanstalt fur Landeskunde Remagen 1959 1962 Part 2 contains issues 6 9 ISBN B0000BJ19FExternal links editmap and aerial photo of the Gladenbach Uplands Placemarks Download Google Earth required BfN Map services Landscape fact files Lahn Dill Uplands Gladenbach Hills and Upper Lahn Valley Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gladenbach Uplands amp oldid 1113849637, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
