What is Taunus?
[[File:Taunusblick002.jpg|thumb|220px|View (from top of Frankfurt) of [[Altkönig|Altkoenig]] and Grosser Feldberg]] The '''Taunus''' is a mountain range in [[Hesse]], [[Germany]]. It is bounded by the river valleys of [[Rhine]], [[Main]] and [[Lahn]]. On the opposite side of the Rhine, the mountains are continued by the [[Hunsrück]]. The mountains themselves span the districts of [[Hochtaunuskreis]], [[Main-Taunus]], [[Rheingau-Taunus]], and [[Rhein-Lahn]]. Not to be confused with the more famous and high [[Feldberg]] in [[Black Forest]], the highest peak is the ''Großer Feldberg'' (878 [[metre|m]] above [[sea level]]). It is followed by the ''Kleiner Feldberg'' and the ''Altkönig'' (798 m) with the remains of a late [[Iron Age]] [[hill fort]] (La-Tène A, ca. [[400 BC]]) near the summit. The [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[Limes]] was built across the Taunus. The [[Saalburg]], a restored Roman castellum, now houses a museum. After the fall of the Limes (in [[259]]/[[260]] AD), the [[Alamanni]] settled here. [[File:RodgauFernsicht.jpg|thumb|[[Frankfurt am Main]], with the Taunus Mountains in the background]] [[File:Taunus von Karben.jpg|thumb|The Taunus with the Feldberg, view from ''Karben'']] == Highest mountains == * [[Großer Feldberg]] (878 m), [[Hochtaunuskreis]] (district) * [[Kleiner Feldberg]] (825 m), Hochtaunuskreis * [[Altkönig]] (798 m), Hochtaunuskreis {{Commonscat}} {{multistub|Geo|Europe}} [[Category:Geography of Hesse]] [[Category:Mountain ranges of Germany]]