Idar Forest

The Idar Forest (German: Idarwald, Celtic: "id ar" - hill forest above the land) is part of the Hunsrück low mountain range in the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

The Idarkopf, one of the low mountains in the Idar Forest

Geography

The Idar Forest lies in the districts of Bernkastel-Wittlich and Birkenfeld in the northeast of the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park. It lies more or less in the triangle formed by the villages of Morbach (in the northwest), Rhaunen (northeast) and Idar-Oberstein (southeast), but apart from Morbach – does not extend as far as these places. The underlying rocks are primarily made up of Lower Devonian quartzites.

Mountains

Amongst the highest mountains in the Idar Forest are:

An den zwei Steinen (766 m)
Kahlheid (766 m)
Steingerüttelkopf (757 m)
Ruppelstein (755 m)
Idarkopf (746 m) - crowned by the Idarkopf Tower
Usarkopf (724 m)

Bodies of water

The Idarbach

Streams

The following streams rise in, or on the edge of, the Idar Forest:

Dhron
Idarbach (Nahe) - rises between Erbeskopf and Kahlheid
Idarbach (Hahnenbach) - rises north of the Idarkopf near Hochscheid
Rhaunelbach
Steinbach

Lakes and reservoirs

The Steinbach Reservoir

The following lakes and reservoirs are located in, or on the edge of, the Idar Forest:

Steinbach Reservoir on the Steinbach

Sources

Uwe Anhäuser: Heimat am Idarwald. Literaturverlag Dr. Gebhardt und Hilden, Idar-Oberstein 2001, ISBN 3-932515-30-7.

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External links

Idarkopf

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