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Dünsberg

Dünsberg is a hill slightly northwest of Gießen in , . At 498 meters in height, it is the highest mountain in the Gießen and area. On the southern slope of the hill, grave mounds were found from the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 498 metres
  • Description: mountain
  • Also known as: “Duensberg”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dünsbergturm and Fernmeldeturm Dünsberg.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Muck50, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a scenic viewpoint.

Building
Photo: Gerold Rosenberg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a building.

Photo: Gerold Rosenberg, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wetzlarer Kreuz and Gießen.

Locality
Photo: KlausFoehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an Autobahn interchange in the city of in , where the highways A45 and A480 meet. This junction is a stack interchange, which is the only fully built stack interchange in Germany. is situated 9 km southwest of Dünsberg.

Photo: Adam63, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in . The city has about 88,000 inhabitants including 44,000 students, so its infrastructure, shopping and cultural offerings are pretty well adapted to students.

Dünsberg

Latitude
50.65034° or 50° 39′ 1″ north
Longitude
8.58027° or 8° 34′ 49″ east
Elevation
498 metres (1,634 feet)
Open location code
9F2CMH2J+44
Open­Street­Map ID
node 249070383
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
2934555
Wiki­data ID
Q1271919
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Satellite Map

Discover Dünsberg from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ladin—“Dünsberg” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Dünsberg”
  • Cebuano: “Dünsberg”
  • Dutch: “Dünsberg”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل دونسبيرج”
  • Esperanto: “Dünsberg”
  • German: “Dünsberg”
  • Ladin: “Dünsberg”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Schulborn and Jahn-Eiche.

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