Lützler Mountains

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The Lützler Mountains in the northwest of the Rhine-Weser watershed

Lützlergebirge (also: Lützelgebirge ) is the name of the easternmost part of the Rothaargebirge and its mountain range , which is bordered to the south and north by the river valleys of Lahn and Eder . It forms the transition from the Rhenish Slate Mountains to the Wetschaft Depression , which introduces the less montane castle forest to the east . The ridges of the mountains mark the Rhine-Weser watershed or, in a small area, Lahn-Eder.

The "Salzweg", also known as the "Thief's Path" or "Cologne Path", used to run along the ridge or parallel to the slope.

Localities

The Lützler Mountains are roughly demarcated by the following cities and communities (clockwise): Lützel between Erndtebrück and Hilchenbach in the west, Bad Berleburg , Hatzfeld (Eder) , Battenberg (Eder) and Allendorf (Eder) in the north and northeast, Treisbach and Wetter ( Hessen) in the east and southeast, Sterzhausen , Buchenau , Biedenkopf and Bad Laasphe in the south and southwest.

Natural allocation

The term Lützlergebirge has been used less and less in recent years in favor of the more general term of the foothills of the Rothaargebirge . In terms of natural space , the mountains roughly correspond (from east to west) to the bagpipe forecourt , the natural area of ​​the bagpipe and the respective north of Wittgensteiner Bergland and Ederkopf-Lahnkopf-ridge .

Flowing waters

An important river of the Lützlergebirge, next to and parallel between the Lahn and Eder , is the Treisbach , which drains eastward over the Wetschaft to the Lahn. In contrast, all the left Lahn and right Eder tributaries are relatively short, as the distance between the two large rivers within the mountains is only 10 km.

mountains

The most famous mountains of the Lützlergebirge, following the Rhine-Weser watershed from west to east, are with - Height in meters (m) above sea ​​level (NHN):

The mountain foothills, southeast of the watershed between Treisbach and Lahn, include the Arennest ( 591.5  m ) and the Wollenberg (approx.  474  m ).

literature

  • Helmut Nuhn: Industry in the Hessian hinterland, development, location problem, etc. Effects of recent industrialization in the rural low mountain range . Dissertation. Self-published by the geographical institute of the University of Marburg (Marburg geographical writings, issue 23). Marburg 1965
  • Hans Pez: On the history of the Oberlahngau. Elwert'sche Buchhandlung, Marburg 1922
  • Emil Schneider: Schneider's hiking books. Volume 2: Through the Burgwald, northern Lützler Mountains, Elwert Winter Mountains. Marburg 1923

swell

  1. ↑ Ulrich Lennarz, The Territorial History of the Hessian Hinterland , (Ed.) Hessisches Landesamt für Geschichtliche Landeskunde, Marburg, NGELWERTsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Marburg 1973, Map VI "Old Streets", ISBN 3-7708-0491-0

Coordinates: 50 ° 57 '  N , 8 ° 25'  E