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TheTaunusis a law muntain range inHesse,Germanythat composes pairt o theRhenish Slate Mountains.It is boondit bi the river valleys oRhine,MainanLahn.On the opposite side o the Rhine, the mountains are continued bi theHunsrück.The mountains themselves span the districts oHochtaunuskreis,Main-Taunus,Rheingau-Taunus,Limburg-Weilburg,anRhein-Lahn.

No tae be ramfeeselt wi the mair famous an hichterFeldberginBlack Forest,the hichtest peak is theGrosser Feldberg(878m,which wis an aa uised for theFeldbergrennenhillclimbingcontest anrallyinstages). It is follaed bi theKleiner Feldbergan theAltkönig(798 m) wi the remains o a lateIron Agehill fort(La-Tène A, ca.400 BC) near the summit.

TheRomanLimeswis built athort the Taunus. TheSaalburg,a restored Roman castellum, nou hooses a museum. Efter the fall o the Limes (in259/260AD), theAlamannisettled here. For this reason there are some Alemannic cemeteries in the southren foothills o the Taunus (Eschborn). This aurie became Frankish efter theBattle o Tolbiac.

Hichtest muntains

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Freemit airtins

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Coordinates:50°13′55″N8°27′26″E/ 50.23194°N 8.45722°E/50.23194; 8.45722 Template:German Central Uplands