Hinter hawk hilltops

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The Hinterhabichtswälder peaks are a 600.7  m above sea level on the bear mountain . NN high, in north-south direction, about 17 km long and on average almost 2 km wide mountain range in the west of the natural spatial main unit Habichtswälder Bergland (342) in the district of Kassel , to a smaller extent in the southeast also Schwalm-Eder district , northern Hesse . As a natural area, they have the code number 342.2.

Location and limits

North half

The northern half of the back hawk forests, dominated by the bear mountain , is bounded by the A 44 both to the north and to the east . The extreme north extends to the west until shortly before the Dase (tributary of the Erpe ) near Oberelsungen (western district of Zierenberg ), the northern center until shortly before the Erpe itself near (upstream) Altenhasungen , Wenigenhasungen (both eastern districts of Wolfhagen ) and Oelshausen . To the east of the last two places mentioned, Burghasungen is the only place directly on the hilltops - as is Oelshausen, in turn, a district of Zierenberg.

To the southeast of ( Wolfhagen -) Istha and northwest of ( Schauenburg -) Martinhagen , the peaks on the Wattenberg finally reach the watershed between Diemel and Eder , which runs in a west-east direction , on the north flank of which, in addition to the Erpe, the warmth rises, which the northern peaks parallel to the east via Ehlen ( community Habichtswald ) and Zierenberg at some distance.

Southern half

Immediately south of the watershed, the Spolebach rises on the western flank , a tributary of the Elbe , which in the upper reaches of Balhorn ( Bad Emstal ) accompanies the ridge to the west parallel. Immediately to the east of the hilltops rises the Ems , which soon afterwards passes the ridge from the north-east and after its exit shortly before Bad Emstal is itself accompanied by a one-kilometer-long aisle around the town.

The Fischbach , which flows into Emstal from the north , is from now on replaced by the course of the Ems itself to around Merxhausen as the western border river of the peaks and the Habichtswald itself.

To the east, parallel to the upper reaches of the Ems, the Wiehoff , which rises near (Schauenburg-) Elmshagen , also a tributary of the Ems, crosses the knolls. To the east of the brook, after the last row of Hinterhabichtswälder knolls, which flatten south of the Niedensteiner Kopf , the Langenberge join.

Adjacent natural areas

While the Langenberge and the Habichtswälder Depression that adjoins it to the north and warm downward - as well as the Malsburg Forest , which is joined by the peaks in the north - also represent parts of the Habichtswälder Uplands, all the western neighboring landscapes already belong to the Ostwaldecker peripheral sinks , main unit 341. The south in turn meets the Fritzlarer Börde , which is part of the West Hessian Basin (343).

mountains

→ see also: List of mountains and elevations in the Habichtswald Nature Park

The highest point is the Bärenberg , at 600.7  m , which is also the second highest point in the Habichtswald Nature Park .

Since the back hawk peaks stretch on a ridge from north to south, a list following this order seems to make the most sense. A subdivision results from the separated forest areas and from the roads and river valleys crossing the hilltops.
Peaks on the ridge branching off from the actual main ridge to the southwest in the south of the peaks are shown indented. All mountains not otherwise marked are in the Kassel district .

From north to south - sorted by meter (m) above sea ​​level (NN):

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  2. ^ Map and description in the Environmental Atlas of Hesse