Hegaualb

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View over the western Hegaualb, in the background the Hegau volcano cone

The Hegaualb is a landscape in the south of Baden-Württemberg between the uppermost Danube and the Hegau northwest of Lake Constance. Geologically, it is part of the Swabian Alb , of which it forms the most south-westerly foothills. In the natural structure of Germany, it is the main unit No. 091 in the south-west German stepland .

Location and area

View from Witthoh in south direction, in the background the Hegau volcano cone
View over the Hegaualb from Neuhausen ob Eck

Another name is Badischer Heuberg . Your part between Möhringen an der Donau and Bergsteig is called "Die Eck" or Egg. Politically, the Hegaualb belongs to the Schwarzwald-Baar district , the district of Constance and the district of Tuttlingen . In the south it merges into the Hegau , in the south-west it is bordered by the Randen (Canton Schaffhausen) and in the west by the Alb-Wutach area . In the north the upper Danube valley forms the border to the Baaralb , in the east the Danube-Ablach-Platten adjoin .

The Hegaualb lies at the transition to the Alpine foothills . Their area is about 413 km². The Hegaualb extends up to 50 kilometers from NE-SW and up to 12 kilometers from NW-SE.

mountains

The highest mountain in the Hegaualb is the Neuhewen at 867 m above sea level. Other well-known elevations are the Witthoh ( 862  m above sea  level ), the Höwenegg (812 m above sea level) and a 763 m high ridge, at the end of which the Homburg towers.

Landscape type

It is assigned to the landscape type of a structured forest landscape. In addition to the predominant spruce stands , some beech stands shape the landscape. The remaining areas are predominantly agricultural land.

towns and places

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Web links

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