List of mountains and hills of the Westerwald

This list of mountains and hills of the Westerwald contains a selection of the mountains, hills and high points of the Westerwald range which lies in the German states of Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate. The Westerwald is, in turn, part of the Rhenish Massif and includes some or all of the nature parks of Bergisches Land, Nassau, Rhine-Westerwald and Siebengebirge.

See also these lists:
Mountains and hills of the Rhenish Massif / Mountains and hills of Hesse / Mountains and hills of North Rhine-Westphalia / Mountains and hills of Rhineland-Palatinate

The table is arranged in order of height in metres (m) above Normalhöhennull (NHN; unless otherwise stated [1]). By clicking on the symbols at the head of each column, it can be resorted . In the column "Mountain or hill", alternative names are given in brackets, italics and small lettering. In this column, where there are two or more mountains or hills with the same name they are distinguished by their location in brackets and small lettering.

The abbreviations used in the table are explained below.

Mountain
or hill
Height
(m)
[1]		Natural region(s) or
nature park
Location
(in/near)
County or
counties
(see abbreviations below)		State
(see abbreviations below)		Comment/s
Image

Fuchskaute657.3High WesterwaldWillingenWWRPHighest mountain in the Westerwald;
S: Nister;
Ex-Viewing tower;
Inn;
NSG Fuchskaute
(0.4 km²; 1984)[2]
Stegskopf654.4High WesterwaldEmmerzhausen-StegskopfAKRPS: Daade,
S: Kleiner Nister
S: Black Nister;
Ex-Viewing tower;
Daaden Training Area
Salzburger Kopf654.2High WesterwaldBretthausen,
Salzburg,
Stein-Neukirch		WWRPSki piste, transmission tower and wind farm
Altenberg651.4High WesterwaldWaigandshain,
Waldaubach		WW,
LDK		RP,
HE		Wind farm
Galgenberg649.7High WesterwaldSalzburg,
Stein-Neukirch,
Hof		WWRP
Höllberg
(Höllkopf)		642.8High WesterwaldHohenrothLDKHETelecommunication tower,
Ski lift
Kühfelder Stein637.7High WesterwaldStein-NeukirchWWRPnear: Siegerland Airport;
NSG Buchheller source region
(2.03 km²; 2002)[2];
Daaden Training Area
Homberg635.3High WesterwaldHomberg,
Waigandshain		WWRPS: Breitenbach
S: Rehbach
near: Breitenbach Viaduct,
NSG Breitenbach Viaduct
(0.49 km²; 1988)[2]
Großefeld621.25
[3]		High WesterwaldHohenrothLDKHE
Auf der Baar615.0High WesterwaldHeisterberg,
Waldaubach		LDKHENear: NSG Rückerscheid mit Aubachtal
(0.78 km²; 1994)[2]
NSG Bermershube bei Heisterberg
(0.44 km²; 1984)[2]
Bartenstein
(Barstein)		614
[4]		High WesterwaldGusternhainLDKHENSG Viehweide am Barstein
(0.2 km²; 1984)[2]
Trödelsteine613.0High WesterwaldEmmerzhausen,
Burbach		AK,
SI		RP,
NW		ND Trödelsteine (rock formation)
Alsberg612.6High WesterwaldRehe,
Rennerod,
Waigandshain		WWRPRennerod Training Area
near: Breitenbach Viaduct,
NSG Breitenbach Viaduct
(0.49 km²; 1988)[2] and Krombach Viaduct mit
NSG Krombach Viaduct
(0.43 km²; 1981)[2]
Hahn611.7High WesterwaldStein-NeukirchWWRP
Ketzerstein610.1High WesterwaldLiebenscheid-WeißenbergWWRPND Ketzerstein
Nenkersberg610.3
[5]		High WesterwaldBurbachSINW
Knoten605.4High WesterwaldArbornLDKHES: Kallenbach
S: Ulmbach
Heimerich604.5High WesterwaldNisterbergAKRPDaaden Training Area
Backofen602.3High WesterwaldHofWWRPDaaden Training Area
Gallpüsch594.0High WesterwaldWesternoheWWRPNSG Wacholderheide Westernohe
(0.13 km²; 1967)[2]
Höh586.9High WesterwaldHofWWRP
Rother Berg571.9High WesterwaldHeiligenbornLDKHE
Marienberg Heights570
[3]		High WesterwaldBad Marienberg,
Bölsberg,
Kirburg,
Unnau		WWRPND Großer Wolfstein (555 m above NHN) and Kleiner Wolfstein (557 m above NHN);
On SSW flank: Bad Marienberg Wildlife Park with the Hedwigturm (AT)
Löh566.6High WesterwaldOberroßbachWWRP
Funkenhahn559.7High WesterwaldRennerod,
Westernohe		WWRP
Alarmstange545.2Lower Westerwald (Montabaur Heights)
NP Nassau		Hillscheid,
Horressen		WWRPTelecommuication tower
Köppel540.2Lower Westerwald (Montabaur Heights)
NP Nassau		Dernbach,
Horressen		WWRPViewing tower
Kackenberger Stein
(Neuhochsteiner Berg)		525[4]High WesterwaldNeuhochstein,
Hahn bei Marienberg		WWRPHochstein (Hohenstein; basalt rock formation; ND)
Hohenseelbachskopf517.5Southern HellerberglandAltenseelbach,
Biersdorf,
Daaden,
Herdorf,
Struthütten		SI,
AK		NW,
RP
Röhrshahn517
[6]		High WesterwaldLangenhahn-Hölzenhausen,
Ailertchen		WWRP
Hinstein
(Hindstein)		514.7
[2]		GreifensteinLDKHEND Hinstein,
NSG Am Hinstein bei Greifenstein
(0.13 km²; 1986)[2]
Gräbersberg513.1Upper WesterwaldAlpenrodWWRPViewing tower with trasmitters
Großer Weißenstein509.8Upper WesterwaldLochumWWRPnear: Westerwald Lakes
Mahlscheid
(Malscheid)		509.3Southern Heller UplandAltenseelbach,
Biersdorf,
Daaden,
Herdorf,
Struthütten		SI,
AK		NW,
RP
Götzenberg501.0Stockum-PüschenWWRPNatural monument
Stöffel498Enspel,
Nistertal-Büdingen,
Stockum-Püschen		WWRPBasalt quarry;
Stöffel Park
Helleberg491.3Upper WesterwaldWeidenhahnWWRPViewing tower
Beulsstein483.1Upper WesterwaldEttinghausen,
Sainerholz		WWRPS: Ahrbach
S: Aubach
Hartenfelser Kopf478.5Upper WesterwaldHartenfelsWWRPnear: Westerwald Lakes
Watzenhahn475.4Berzhahn,
Girkenroth,
Weltersburg,
Willmenrod		WWRPnear: basalt quarry mit ND Kranstein
(372 m above NHN)
Wölferlinger Kopf467.5
[3]		Upper WesterwaldWölferlingenWWRPnear: Westerwald Lakes
Höchst443.5Lower Westerwald (Eppenrod Plateau)
NP Nassau		Giershausen
Hirschberg
Horhausen
Isselbach
Langenscheid		EMSRPhighest hill of the Esterau;
Schaumburg Forest
Asberg441.0Lower Westerwald (Rhine Westerwald Volcanic Ridge)
Rhine-Westerwald NP		Erpel,
Unkel		NRRPBasalt quarry,
near: NSG Siebengebirge
(42.72 km²; 1922)[2]
Meerberg
(Mehrberg,
Düstemich)		430.5Lower Westerwald (Rhine Westerwald Volcanic Ridge)
Rhine-Westerwald NP		Linz am RheinNRRPBasalt quarry
(formerly: 448 m above NN)
Dernbacher Kopf427.0Lower Westerwald
(Sayn-Wied-Hochfläche)
Rhine-Westerwald NP		Dernbach,
Rüscheid		NRRPS: Dernbach,
Iserbach (Isenbach),
Siehrsbach
Kohlhau426
[2]		Waldernbach,
Fussingen		LMHEnear: S: Kerkerbach
Malberg
(Moschheim)		422.0Lower Westerwald (Montabaurer Senke)MoschheimWWRPRingwall,
NSG Malberg
(0.96 km²; 1961)[2]
Minderberg417.4Lower Westerwald (Rhine Westerwald Volcanic Ridge)
Rhine-Westerwald NP		Linz am RheinNRRPbasalt quarry
Hummelsberg411
[4]		Lower Westerwald (Rhine Westerwald Volcanic Ridge)
Rhine-Westerwald NP		Linz am Rhein,
Hargarten		NRRPformer circular rampart lost due to basalt quarrying; the hill lost 34 metres in height due to quarrying
Eichberg407.5Upper WesterwaldMolsbergWWRP
Heidenhäuschen397.9
[2]		Elbtal-Heidenhäuschen,
Oberzeuzheim,
Hintermeilingen		LMHERingwalls,
Pilgrimage site,
NSG Heidenhäuschen
(1.1 km²; 1927)[2]
Stümperich396
[7]		Vorderwesterwald
Rhine-Westerwald NP		DattenbergNRRPFormer basalt quarry
Dornburg393.5
[2]		südlicher WesterwaldWilsenrothLMHEOppidum,
NSG Dornburg
(0.53 km²; 1927)[2]
Hoher Schaden
(Schaden)		388.3
[5]		Leuscheid,
Bergisches Land NP		RodderSUNWS: Mühlenbach
S: Wohmbach,
NSG Wälder auf dem Leuscheid
(13.84 km²; 2004)[2]
Beulskopf388.2LeuscheidBirkenbeul,
Beul,
Heupelzen-Beul		AKRPRaiffeisen Tower (AT)
Römerich386.4Vorderwesterwald
Rhine-Westerwald NP		DattenbergNRRPFormer basalt quarry
Ginsterhahner Kopf377
[4]		Rhine-Westerwald NPGinsterhahnNRRPLinz am Rhein Transmitter
Himmerich366.4
[5]		Lower Westerwald (Rhine Westerwald Volcanic Ridge)
Siebengebirge NP		Bad HonnefSUNWNSG Siebengebirge
(42.72 km²; 1922)[2]
Köppel364.4Lower Westerwald (Altenkirchen Plateau)Berod,
Borod,
Gieleroth,
Herpteroth,
Wahlrod		AK,
WW		RPS: Almersbach,
Q: Boroder Bach,
Q: Freudenberger Bach,
Q: Gielerother Bach
Willscheider Berg363Lower Westerwald (Rhine Westerwald Volcanic Ridge)
Rhine-Westerwald NP		VettelschoßNRRP
Dachsberg360.7
[5]		Lower Westerwald (Asbach Plateau)
Siebengebirge NP		OrscheidSUNWBasalt quarry
Malberg
(Mahlberg)
(Hausen)		360Rhine-Westerwald NPBad Hönningen, Hausen-Hähnen,
Rheinbrohl		NRRPMalbergsee (Mahlbergsee)
Leyberg358.8
[5]		Lower Westerwald (Rhine Westerwald Volcanic Ridge)
Siebengebirge NP		Bad HonnefSUNWNSG Siebengebirge
(42.72 km²; 1922)[2]
Rennenberg353.6Rhine-Westerwald NPLinz am RheinNRRPRennenberg Castle
Pfahlenberg
(Pfahlberg)		346.2Lower Westerwald (Kannenbäck Plateau)
Rhine-Westerwald NP		CaanWWRP
Herrenlay
(Herrenlei)		320NP NassauDausenauEMSRP
Roßbacher Häubchen313
[4]		Lower Westerwald
(Sayn-Wied-Hochfläche)		Breitscheid,
Roßbach		NRRPFormer basalt quarry
Birkig306.0Lower Westerwald (Rhine Westerwald Volcanic Ridge)
Rhine-Westerwald NP		Erpel,
Bruchhausen		NRRP
Harmorgenberg
(Hormorgenberg)		297.0Lower Westerwald
(Sayn-Wied-Hochfläche)
Rhine-Westerwald NP		Heimbach-WeisNRRPUpper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes (east slope)
Eischeider Kopf293Lower Westerwald (Rhine Westerwald Volcanic Ridge)
Rhine-Westerwald NP		Unkel,
Rheinbreitbach		NRRP

Abbreviations

The abbreviations used in the table (in alphabetical order) mean:

Districts or counties:

Federal states:

Features:

Footnotes and references

  1. 1 2 Map service of the Landscape Information System of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Office (Naturschutzverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
  3. 1 2 3 Height based on the value of the highest contour line on the map
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Height of hill from unknown or unresearched source
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Topographic Information Management, Cologne - NRW GEObasis Division (info)
  6. ↑ Height from mapcoordinates.net
  7. ↑ Height from Der Große Falk Atlas – Deutschland Detailkarten, M = 1:200,000. 2004/2005. ISBN 9783827903815
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