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Hahnenkamm (Spessart)

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Hahnenkamm (Spessart)
View of the ridge's highest peak from Hemsbach
Highest point
Elevation435.5 m (1,429 ft)
Geography
Hahnenkamm (Spessart) is located in Bavaria
Hahnenkamm (Spessart)
Hahnenkamm (Spessart)
Parent rangeSpessart

Hahnenkamm (Spessart) is a ridge of hills in the northwest of the Spessart range of Bavaria, Germany. It has an elevation of up to 435.5 m above NHN.

Geography

Map of the ridge Hahnenkamm

Location

Hahnenkamm lies east of Alzenau in the district of Aschaffenburg in the far northwest of the state of Bavaria. It is part of the Mittelgebirge Spessart (more precisely the Vorspessart) and is located between the Kahlgrund, the valley of the river Kahl, and the Untermainsenke, the valley of the river Main. To the north, the Hahnenkamm is delimited by the river Kahl, to the south by the de [Häggraben].

Etymology

Hahnenkamm means rooster's comb in German. The name likely derives from the ridge's quite small width (for a Mittelgebirge) and the blocks of quartzite sticking up out of it.[1]

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