Taunus
The Taunus is a low mountain range in South Hesse, Middle Hesse and the Rhineland-Palatinate in southern Germany.
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 249 metres
- Description: low mountain range in Germany
- Also known as: “Die Hohe”, “Hoch-Taunus”, “Hoher Taunus”, “Munţii Taunus”, “Munții Taunus”, “Taunusgebergte”, and “타우누스 산맥”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Burg Wallrabenstein and St. Nikolaus von Flüe, Wörsdorf.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Niederauroff and Oberauroff.
Taunus
- Categories: low mountain range and landform
- Location: Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.25° or 50° 15′ north
Longitude
8.25° or 8° 15′ east
Elevation
249 metres (817 feet)
Open location code
9F2C7722+22
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Taunus” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Taunus”
- Arabic: “تاونوس”
- Aragonese: “Taunus”
- Arpitan: “Taunus”
- Asturian: “Taunus”
- Basque: “Taunus”
- Bavarian: “Taunus”
- Belarusian: “Таўнус”
- Breton: “Taunus”
- Bulgarian: “Таунус”
- Catalan: “Taunus”
- Cebuano: “Taunus”
- Chinese: “陶努斯山”
- Corsican: “Taunus”
- Croatian: “Taunus”
- Czech: “Taunus”
- Danish: “Taunus”
- Dutch: “Taunus”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تاونوس”
- Esperanto: “Taunus”
- Estonian: “Taunus”
- Finnish: “Taunus”
- French: “Taunus”
- Friulian: “Taunus”
- Galician: “Taunus”
- German: “Taunus”
- Hausa: “Taunus”
- Hebrew: “טאונוס”
- Hungarian: “Taunus”
- Icelandic: “Taunus”
- Ido: “Taunus”
- Indonesian: “Taunus”
- Interlingua: “Taunus”
- Interlingue: “Taunus”
- Irish: “Taunus”
- Italian: “Taunus”
- Japanese: “タウヌス山地”
- Jèrriais: “Taunus”
- Kongo: “Taunus”
- Korean: “타우누스산맥”
- Ladin: “Taunus”
- Latin: “Taunus mons”
- Ligurian: “Taunus”
- Limburgan: “Taunus”
- Low German: “Taunus”
- Luxembourgish: “Taunus”
- Macedonian: “Таунус”
- Malagasy: “Taunus”
- Malay: “Taunus”
- Minangkabau: “Taunus”
- Neapolitan: “Taunus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Taunus”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Taunus”
- Norwegian: “Taunus”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Taunus”
- Persian: “تاونوس”
- Picard: “Taunus”
- Piemontese: “Taunus”
- Polish: “Taunus”
- Portuguese: “Taunus”
- Romanian: “Taunus”
- Romansh: “Taunus”
- Russian: “Таунус”
- Sardinian: “Taunus”
- Scots: “Taunus”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Taunus”
- Serbian: “Taunus”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Taunus”
- Sicilian: “Taunus”
- Slovak: “Taunus”
- Slovenian: “Taunus”
- Spanish: “Cordillera del Taunus”
- Swahili: “Taunus”
- Swedish: “Taunus”
- Swiss German: “Taunus”
- Ukrainian: “Таунас”
- Ukrainian: “Таунус”
- Upper Sorbian: “Taunus”
- Venetian: “Taunus”
- Vietnamese: “Taunus”
- Vlaams: “Taunus”
- Volapük: “Taunus”
- Walloon: “Taunus”
- Welsh: “Taunus”
- Western Frisian: “Taunusberchte”
- Wolof: “Taunus”
- Zulu: “Taunus”
- “Taunus”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Wörsdorf and Ochsenhau.
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Worth a closer look: Frankfurt and Wiesbaden.
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