Jump to content

Großer Heuberg

Coordinates: 48°08′00″N 8°45′00″E / 48.1333°N 8.7500°E / 48.1333; 8.7500
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by John of Reading (talk | contribs) at 10:39, 12 March 2016 (→‎top: Typo fixing, replaced: or or → or using AWB). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Upland plateau on the Great Heuberg

Großer Heuberg (Great Heuberg) or Grosser Heuberg, often simply called Heuberg (Swabian: Haiberg), is the name of a sparsely populated plateau in the southwestern Swabian Jura with mountains of about 1,000 metres above sea level or even higher. The word beginning Heu is German for hay, which was the major income source for the inhabitants in recent times and is until today formative for the landscape of the Heuberg. The word ending berg means mountain.[1]

Climate

The climate of the Heuberg is harsh and cold; precipitation averages 1,000–1,100 millimetres (39–43 in) annually.

References

48°08′00″N 8°45′00″E / 48.1333°N 8.7500°E / 48.1333; 8.7500