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Taunus Mountains

American  
[tou-nuhs, tou-noos] / ˈtaʊ nəs, ˈtaʊ nʊs /

noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. a mountain range in W Germany, bounded by the Rhine, Main, and Lahn river valleys. Highest peak, Grosser Feldberg. 2,628 feet (801 meters).


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A long unbroken flat, intersected here and there by stunted willows, traversed by a narrow earth road, lay between the Rhine and the Taunus Mountains, in the midst of which stood the village of 'Ettenheim.'

From Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune by Lever, Charles James

This is at the entrance of the Roman-named Taunus Mountains, where there are bathing-places, ruined castles, ancient bridges, plenty of legends, and, above all, dark solemn old chestnut forests.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. by Various

Eppstein Of the castle of Eppstein, whose ruins still remain in a valley of the Taunus Mountains, north of Biberich, the following curious story is told.

From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Spence, Lewis

The city lies under the southern slope of the Taunus Mountains, the rocky recesses of which conceal the mysteries of its thermal springs.

From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various

The next day General Grant drove to Homburg, fifteen miles, and thence four miles farther to Saalburg, the site of an ancient Roman fortification on the Taunus Mountains.

From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various

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