The Schwarzwälder Hochwald ( German pronunciation: [ˈʃvaʁtsvɛldɐ ˈho:xvalt] ; literally 'Black Forest High Forest'), not to be confused with the High Black Forest , is the high south-western part of the Hunsrück in the German states of Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate . The mountains are up to 816.32 m high.
8-744: The Schwarzwälder Hochwald lies within the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park , running roughly from Mettlach in the Saarland to the Erbeskopf in Rhineland-Palatinate. It lies northwest of Losheim , Weiskirchen , Wadern and Nonnweiler in the Saarland and between Hermeskeil and Birkenfeld and between Thalfang and Idar-Oberstein in Rhineland-Palatinate. North of the Schwarzwälder Hochwald lies
16-576: Is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany . It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Vulkaneifel , Cochem-Zell , Rhein-Hunsrück , Birkenfeld , Trier-Saarburg and Bitburg-Prüm . The district was established in 1969 by merging the former districts of Bernkastel and Wittlich. The district is situated on both banks of the Moselle , which crosses the territory from southwest to northeast. The country rises to
24-794: The Osburger Hochwald ; both forested mountain ranges are known simply as the Hochwald ("High Forest"). The southeastern part of the Schwarzwälder Hochwald is called the Dollberge . To the northeast of the Schwarzwälder Hochwald is the Idar Forest . The mountains and hills of the Schwarzwälder Hochwald include the following – sorted by their elevation in metres (m) above sea level ( Normalnull unless otherwise stated ): Saar-Hunsr%C3%BCck Nature Park The Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park ( German : Naturpark Saar-Hunsrück )
32-610: The free municipality of Morbach ( Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich ) and the large county town of Idar-Oberstein ( Birkenfeld ). There are seven core zones in the Rhineland –Palatinate part of the park, which are specially protected: The mountains and hills in the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park include the following – sorted by height in metres (m) above sea level ( Normalnull or NN; unless otherwise stated these are referenced from state map service ): One of
40-455: The municipality of Eppelborn , in the parish of Dirmingen . In Rhineland-Palatinate the nature park lies on parts of the territories of the following boroughs and collective municipalities: Saarburg , Konz , Ruwer , Kell am See , Hermeskeil ( Trier-Saarburg ), Thalfang , Bernkastel-Kues ( Bernkastel-Wittlich ), Kirchberg/Hunsrück ( Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis ), Herrstein-Rhaunen , Birkenfeld and Baumholder ( Birkenfeld ) and parts of
48-494: The nature park lies wholly within the town boroughs and local municipalities of Perl , Mettlach , Losheim am See , Merzig , Weiskirchen , Wadern , Beckingen , Rehlingen-Siersburg , Wallerfangen , Nonnweiler , Tholey , Nohfelden , Oberthal , Namborn , St. Wendel and Freisen . It also lies partly on the territories of Lebach , in its municipalities of Dörsdorf and Steinbach , the municipality of Schmelz , in its parishes of Dorf , Limbach and Michelbach and within
56-824: The nature park's projects is the 218-kilometre-long "premier" long-distance path , the Saar-Hunsrück-Steig from Perl on the border with Luxembourg via Mettlach , Weiskirchen and the Roman city of Trier to the Prims Reservoir , continuing via the Erbeskopf , the circular rampart of Otzenhausen , to the Wildenburger Kopf and finally to Idar-Oberstein . 49°34′N 6°46′E / 49.56°N 6.76°E / 49.56; 6.76 Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich Bernkastel-Wittlich ( German : Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich )
64-743: Was established in 1980 and covers an area of just under 2,000 km² in the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Saarland . The authority responsible for the nature park is the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park Society ( Verein Naturpark Saar-Hunsrück ) with its headquarters in Hermeskeil . In Hermeskeil the society runs an "experience museum" and one of six information centres. In the Saarland ,
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