Adelegg

The Adelegg is a forested, mountain range, up to 1,129 m above sea level (NN) and 112 km2 in area, which is part of the northern foothills of the Alps, within the Westallgäu in the south German districts of Ravensburg and Oberallgäu.

The Adelegg forms the northernmost foothills of the Allgäu Alps in the southeastern part of the Bavarian Alps and extend a long way out into the Alpine Foreland. They lie between the Untere Argen near Isny to the southwest and west, and Leutkirch to the northwest (both in the Baden-Württemberg district of Ravensburg), and between Altusried to the northeast, Wiggensbach to the east, Buchenberg to the southeast and the Wengener Argen near Weitnau to the south (all in the Bavarian district of Oberallgäu). The name Adelegg is generally only used for that part of the range located in Württemberg, but the landscape unit of the same name also includes the Hohentanne Forest to the north-northeast, the Kürnach Forest to the northeast and the Buchenberg Forest to the east. To the south it is adjoined by the mountain ridge of Sonneck on the far side of the Wengener Argen, which is not however part of the Adelegg landscape unit.

The highest mountain of the mountain range Adelegg is Ursersberg which is located in Bavaria. The highest summit of the mountain chain Adelegg is Hohenkapf which is also located in Bavaria. The highest summit of this chain which is located in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg is Schwarzer Grat. It is located only few meters to the northwest of the border with Bavaria and at the same time the highest elevation of the adiminstrative region of Tübingen. From a topographical point of view, many summits of Adelegg are not to be considered independent peaks. A prominence of only few 10 m and an isolation of only few 100 m is very common. However, neighboring elevations are sometimes separated from one another by one of the numerous, sometimes deeply incised ravines that are characteristic of the Adelegg. The summits and other elevations, together with their foothills within the Adelegg range, and the landscape unit of Adelegg - which is higher in places - are sorted below by height in metres (m) above sea level (NN); (

Location: Germany.

Mountain range data from Wikidata (CC0). Elevation is the height of the highest peak.