Westerwald - Mountains

Mountains

The Westerwald’s highest mountain is the Fuchskaute in the High Westerwald, whose somewhat surprising name means, “Fox Hollow”. This apparently refers to a spot on the mountain that foxes used for their lairs (the "hollow"). Many peaks and crests exceed the 600-m level. Sorted by elevation above sea level, these are some of the Westerwald’s highest elevations:

• Fuchskaute (657 m), near Willingen, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate
• Stegskopf (654 m), near Emmerzhausen, Altenkirchen district, Rhineland-Palatinate
• Salzburger Kopf (653 m), near Salzburg, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate
• Höllberg (643 m), near Driedorf, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse
• Auf der Baar (618 m), near Driedorf/Breitscheid, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse
• Barstein (614 m), near Breitscheid, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse
• Knoten (605 m), near Driedorf, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse
• Die Höh (598 m), near Burbach, Siegen-Wittgenstein, North Rhine-Westphalia
• Köppel (540 m), near Montabaur, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate
• Hohenseelbachskopf (530 m), near Daaden, Siegen-Wittgenstein and Altenkirchen district, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate
• Mahlscheid (509 m), near Herdorf, Siegen-Wittgenstein and Altenkirchen district, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate
• Malberg (422 m), near Ötzingen, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate
• Hummelsberg (389 m), near Linz am Rhein, Neuwied district, Rhineland-Palatinate
• Beulskopf (388 m), near Altenkirchen, Altenkirchen district, Rhineland-Palatinate

• Höllberg

• View from the Knoten

• Hummelsberg

• Malberg