High Taunus

High Taunus Hoher Taunus
Overview map of the Taunus
Highest point
Peak	Großer Feldberg
Elevation	879 m above NHN
Dimensions
Area	314.92 km2 (121.59 sq mi)
Geography
State	Hesse, Germany
Range coordinates	50°13′57″N 8°27′32″E / 50.23250°N 08.458917°E / 50.23250; 08.458917
Parent range	Taunus
Geology
Orogeny	Low mountains
Type of rock	Grey phyllite, Hermeskeil beds, coloured slate, Taunus quartzite

The High Taunus (German: Hoher Taunus) is the name of a major natural region unit (no. 301) in the Hessian Central Uplands range of the Taunus mountains and forms the area immediately around the main ridge of the Taunus. It should not be confused with the term Hochtaunus, in the sense used in the name of the county of Hochtaunuskreis which is only the eastern part of the Feldberg massif. The High Taunus separates the Anterior Taunus in the south from the Lower Taunus in the north and includes the majority of the highest mountains and hills of the Taunus. The eastern part of the natural region lies within the Taunus Nature Park and its western part in the Rhine-Taunus Nature Park.