Pellinger plateaus
The Pellingen plateaus with a size of 39.6 square kilometers are a natural spatial unit in Rhineland-Palatinate and are around 400 to 500 meters above sea level around the town of Pellingen . The main river of the area is the upper Olewiger Bach .
The plateaus are in the area of the municipalities of Konz , Trier-Land , Ruwer , Saarburg-Kell and the southeastern districts of Trier .
The north-south extension of the area is up to 15 kilometers, the east-west extension up to 5 kilometers. Neighboring natural units are the Ruwerengtal in the east, the Saar-Hunsrück in the southwest, the Irsch-Wiltinger Hunsrückrand and the Kommlinger Umlauftal in the west, the Tarforster Plateau in the northwest and the Lower Ruwertal in the north.
The highest elevations are:
- On the Frhnen (508.2 m)
- Three-headed (501.9 m)
- Hartberg (449.0 m)
- Schellberg (424.2 m)
- Gutweiler Berg (405.5 m)