Selters (Taunus)
Selters (Taunus) is a community with 8,000 inhabitants north of Bad Camberg in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Location
The greater part of the Selters municipal area with the centres of Niederselters, Eisenbach, Münster and Haintchen lies in the area of the eastern Hintertaunus north of the Taunus’s main ridge, at elevations from 170 to 500 m. In terms of natural environments, the main centre, Niederselters, also belongs to the southeastern part of the Limburg Basin (Limburger Becken), giving it a connection to the valley landscape of the Lahn. The fracture zone opening here into the basin from the south, the Idsteiner Senke (hollow), is locally known along the Emsbach, which empties into the Lahn, by the name Goldener Grund (“Golden Ground”), a reference to the favourable climate and fruitful soil (loess). The northern part of the community around Münster belongs geologically to the Lahn Basin, which is known for its mineral wealth from the Middle Devonian. Of special importance here was iron ore mining. The nearest towns are Bad Camberg (5 km to the south) and Limburg (15 km to the northwest).
Taunus
The Taunus is a mountain range in Hesse, Germany located north of Frankfurt. The tallest peak in the range is the 878 m high Großer Feldberg. Other notable peaks are the Kleiner Feldberg (825 m) and the Altkönig (798 m).
The Taunus range spans the districts of Hochtaunuskreis, Main-Taunus, Rheingau-Taunus, Limburg-Weilburg, and Rhein-Lahn.
This range is known for is geothermal springs and mineral waters that formerly attracted members of the European aristocracy to its spa towns, as well as for having given its name to the Ford Taunus cars.
Description
It is a relatively low range, with smooth, rounded mountains that are covered with forest. The Taunus is bounded by the river valleys of the Rhine, Main and Lahn rivers and it is part of the Rhenish Slate Mountains. On the opposite side of the Rhine, The Taunus range is continued by the Hunsrück.
For geographical, ecological and geological purposes the Taunus is divided in three parts:
Taunus (disambiguation)
Taunus can refer to the following:
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