The Rothaar Mountains[1][2][3][4][5] (German: Rothaargebirge, pronounced[ˈʁoːthaːɐ̯ɡəˌbɪʁɡə]ⓘ, also Rotlagergebirge), or Rothaar, is a low mountain range reaching heights of up to 843.1 m in North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse, Germany.
It is believed that its name must once have been Rod-Hard-Gebirge, or "the cleared forest mountain range", as the range has nothing whatsoever to do with the colour red (rot in German), nor with hair (Haar).
^Pollock, J.K. and Thomas, H.L. (1952). Germany in Power and Eclipse: the background of German development, Van Nostrand, p. 424.
^Keller, R.E. (1979). German Dialects: Phonology and Morphology, p. 301.
^Deutsche Lufthansa (1953-). The tourist's atlas of Germany, p. 20.
^Lyde, L.W. (1926). The continent of Europe, Macmillan, pp. 306 and 329.
^Clapham, Sir John Harold et al. (1941). The Cambridge Economic History of Europe from the Decline of the Roman Empire: The agrarian life of the Middle Ages, Cambridge University Press, p. 29.
The RothaarMountains (German: Rothaargebirge, pronounced [ˈʁoːthaːɐ̯ɡəˌbɪʁɡə] , also Rotlagergebirge), or Rothaar, is a low mountain range reaching heights...
of the river Rhine, has its source in the town of Netphen in the RothaarMountains. The region around the city of Siegen is centered in the middle of...
762 ft) in the Sauerland part of the RothaarMountains are Westphalia's and also North Rhine-Westphalia's highest mountains. The term "Westphalia" contrasts...
Wetterstein Mountains. The ranges are listed in alphabetical order. Mountain List of the highest mountains in Germany List of the highest mountains in Austria...
kilometers in length. It has its source on the east of the mountain Lahnkopf in the RothaarMountains in an elevation of 570 meters, and it flows into the river...
Siegen-Wittgenstein is a 618.5 m (2,029 ft 2+1⁄2 in) high mountain in the RothaarMountains. The mountain, which can be seen from afar, is a landmark of Kreuztal...
article: List of mountains and hills of the Rothaar The following mountains in the highest area of the RothaarMountains are those belonging to the historic Upland...
lies around the upper reaches of the Eder river on the edge of the RothaarMountains. The Eder Uplands includes a large part of the old county of Frankenberg...
located in the southeast of the Sauerland mountainous landscape. The RothaarMountains make up a part of the town's territory. Through the central town flows...
Ville mountain ridge crosses the park parallel to the Rhine. RothaarMountains North Rhine-Westphalia 1963 1355 The park includes the RothaarMountains (Rothaargebirge)...
the winters are cold, but warmer than winters in the Alps or in the Ore Mountains. The growing season nonethless lasts for only 100 days. Depending on the...
eastern strip. The Lahn-Dill area is a small central zone and the Taunus Mountains form the rest, the south-east. The massif hosts the Middle Rhine Valley...
Uplands, like the Scandinavian and British mountain ranges and the Urals, belong to the oldest mountains of Europe, even if their present-day appearance...
Steffenberg is a municipality in Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany. Steffenberg lies at the southern foothills of the Rothaargebirge between...
start of the 184 km long newly opened ramblers' trail across the RothaarMountains, the Rothaarsteig. Brillion, Wisconsin is named after Brilon. Wahlergebnisse...
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