Idarwald

Idarkopf

The Idarwald ( Celt .: "Id ar" - forest height above the country) is up to 766.2  m above sea level. NN high part of the Hunsrück in Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany .

geography

The Idarwald is located in the districts of Bernkastel-Wittlich and Birkenfeld in the northeast of the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park . It is roughly in the triangle of Morbach (in the north-west), Rhaunen (north-east) and Idar-Oberstein (south-east), but - apart from Morbach - does not come as far as these places. The subsoil is mainly made up of Lower Devonian quartzites .

mountains

The mountains and elevations of the Idarwald include - sorted by height in meters (m) above sea ​​level (NN):

• At the two stones ( 766.2  m )
• Kahlheid ( 766  m ) - with the Kahlheid telecommunications tower
• Steingerüttelkopf ( 756.6  m )
• Idarkopf ( 745.7  m ) - with Idarkopf tower
• Usarkopf ( 725.4  m )

Waters

Flowing waters

Within the Idarwald or at its edges arise u. a. these rivers :

• Thron
• Idarbach (Nahe) - rises between Erbeskopf and Kahlheid
• Idarbach (Hahnenbach) - rises north of the Idarkopf near Hochscheid
• Rhaunelbach
• Steinbach

Still waters

Within the Idarwald or at its edges are u. a. these still waters :

• Steinbach reservoir on Steinbach

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes )

literature

• Uwe Anhäuser: Home on the Idarwald. Literature publisher Dr. Gebhardt and Hilden, Idar-Oberstein 2001, ISBN 3-932515-30-7 .