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Hochtaunuskreis

The Hochtaunuskreis is a Kreis in the middle of , and is part of the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. Neighbouring districts are Lahn-Dill, Wetteraukreis, district-free , , , .
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  • Type: County with 242,000 residents
  • Description: district in Hesse, Germany
  • Also known as: “DE718”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kolbenberg and Bleibeskopf.

Peak
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is a mountain of , .

Peak
Photo: Leipold, Marc, Public domain.
The is a hill in , , about 6 km northwest of Bad Homburg. In the late Bronze Age, a pre-Celtic hillfort of the Urnfield culture was on the Bleibiskopf.

Photo: GPSLeo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Heidetränk Oppidum near in the in Germany is one of Europe's most important Celtic oppida. The oppidum was surrounded by ramparts which encircled the settlement of opposite sides of a ravine called the Heidetrankthal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bad Homburg and Neu-Anspach.

Photo: Pedelecs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
vor der Höhe, commonly referred to as , is a spa town just outside in , . With a sizeable castle and old town, the thermal springs and a casino frequented by kings, as well as its present highest per capita wealth in all of Germany, the city adopted an apt motto Champagnerluft und Tradition.

Town
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is a town in the Hochtaunuskreis in , .

Locality
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is a locality.

Hochtaunuskreis

Latitude
50.2431° or 50° 14′ 35″ north
Longitude
8.5093° or 8° 30′ 33″ east
Population
242,000
Elevation
385 metres (1,263 feet)
Open location code
9F2C6GV5+7P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240056517
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
3220970
Wiki­data ID
Q7908
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Hochtaunuskreis” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Arabic: “هوختاونوسكرايس”
  • Aragonese: “Districto de Hochtaunus”
  • Armenian: “Վերին Տաունուս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yuxarı Taunus”
  • Basque: “Hochtaunus barrutia”
  • Bavarian: “Hochtaunuskroas”
  • Belarusian: “Верхні Таўнус”
  • Belarusian: “раён Верхні Таўнус”
  • Catalan: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Cebuano: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Chinese: “上陶努斯县”
  • Chinese: “上陶努斯縣”
  • Croatian: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Czech: “Zemský okres Hochtaunus”
  • Czech: “Zemský okres Vysoký Taunus”
  • Danish: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Dutch: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Hochtaunus”
  • Finnish: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • French: “arrondissement du Haut-Taunus”
  • French: “Arrondissement du Haut-Taunus”
  • Georgian: “ზემო ტაუნუსის რაიონი”
  • German: “Hochtaunus”
  • German: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • German: “HTK”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Hebrew: “חבל הוכטאונוס”
  • Indonesian: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Interlingue: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Italian: “circondario dell’Alto Taunus”
  • Italian: “Circondario dell’Alto Taunus”
  • Italian: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Japanese: “ホーホタウヌス郡”
  • Kazakh: “Жоғарғы Таунус”
  • Korean: “호흐타우누스군”
  • Kurdish: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Ladin: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Low German: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Macedonian: “Горен Таунус (округ)”
  • Macedonian: “Горен Таунус”
  • Malay: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Manx: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Northern Frisian: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Norwegian: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Persian: “هخ‌تاونوسكرايس”
  • Persian: “هخ‌تاونوسکرایس”
  • Polish: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Polish: “Powiat Hochtaunus”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito do Alto Taunus”
  • Portuguese: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Romanian: “Districtul Hochtaunus”
  • Romanian: “Districtul Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Russian: “Верхний Таунус”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Spanish: “Distrito del Alto Taunus”
  • Swedish: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Turkish: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Ukrainian: “Верхній Таунус”
  • Uzbek: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Vietnamese: “Hochtaunus”
  • Vietnamese: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Western Frisian: “Hochtaunuskreis”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہوختاؤنسکریس”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Klingenkopf and Limesturm WP 3/55.

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