The Holzstöcke is an elongated, densely forested, mountain range running from north to south in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is up to about 700 m above sea level (NN)[1] and covers and area of 381.9 square kilometres.[2] It is a large, terraced landscape that is part of the Iller-Lech Plateau in the Alpine Foreland of south Germany. It lies southwest of the city of Ulm in the counties of Alb-Donau-Kreis and Biberach in Upper Swabia and rises above the valley floors by about 75 metres.[2]

Holzstöcke
The Holzstöcke seen from the Iller valley near Kirchberg
Highest point
Elevation	700 m (2,300 ft)
Coordinates	48°7′51.96″N 10°1′0.48″E
Dimensions
Area	381.9 km2 (147.5 sq mi)
Geography
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Parent range	Alpine Foreland

Mountains and hills

In the southern part of the Holzstöcke near Aitrach the hills gradually rise from heights of around 500 m above NN in the north near Illerkirchberg up to the 700 metre contour line in the south where there is an area of unnamed mountains and hills.

The following is a list of the named high points in the Holzstöcke – sorted by height in metres (m) above Normalnull (NN):[1]

• Runder Kopf (631.3 m), 1.3 km west-northwest of Erolzheim; with transmission tower and water tower
• Roter Berg (629.2 m), 1 km south-southwest of Erolzheim
• Frohberg (Kapellenberg; ca. 629 m), immediately south-southwest of Erolzheim; with Froberg Chapel and water tower
• Gehrn (Gern; 621.7 m), 2 km north-northwest of Berkheim
• Banberg (618.5 m), immediately west of Tannheim-Haldau
• Grafenberg (618.3 m), 2.5 km west-southwest of Kirchberg
• Totenkopf (615.6 m), 1 km east-southeast of Tannheim-Krimmel; with nearby Celtic schanze
• Weiherkopf (600.4 m), 1.3 km north-northwest of Erolzheim
• Schlossberg (568.4 m), 1.2 km southeast of Gutenzell-Hürbel-Niedernzell; with the site of Gutenzell Castle Location: 48.1311°N 10.0168°E / 48.1311; 10.0168
• Weißenberg (550.9 m), between Iller and Weihung near Illerrieden Location: 48.261299°N 10.041543°E / 48.261299; 10.041543

Gallery

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  The Holzstöcke near Wain in the county of Biberach
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  Panoramic view SW of Dietenheim
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  The Holzstöcke in the valley of the Weihung, north of the hamlet of Grubach
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  The Holzstöcke, south of Kirchberg on the Iller
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  The Weihung is a small river that flows through the Holzstöcke.
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  The Tannschorrenweiher on the Haslach Plateaux between Haslach and Tannheim
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  Tannschorrenweiher

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Holzstöcke.

• Natural region fact file Holzstöcke (043) – LUBW (pdf, 6,7 MB)
• BfN-Landschaftsteckbrief Holzstöcke – BfN (deutlich weniger ausführlich; etwas andere Grenzziehung, daher leicht erhöhte Fläche)