Idar Forest
# Idar Forest

The Idar Forest (German: Idarwald, Celtic: "id ar" - hill forest above the land) is part of the Hunsrück low mountain range in the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

## Geography

The Idar Forest lies in the districts of Bernkastel-Wittlich and Birkenfeld in the northeast of the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park. It lies more or less in the triangle formed by the villages of Morbach (in the northwest), Rhaunen (northeast) and Idar-Oberstein (southeast), but apart from Morbach – does not extend as far as these places. The underlying rocks are primarily made up of Lower Devonian quartzites.

## Mountains

Amongst the highest mountains in the Idar Forest are:

* An den zwei Steinen (766 m)
* Kahlheid (766 m)
* Steingerüttelkopf (757 m)
* Ruppelstein (755 m)
* Idarkopf (746 m) - crowned by the Idarkopf Tower
* Usarkopf (724 m)

## Bodies of water

### Streams

The following streams rise in, or on the edge of, the Idar Forest:

* Dhron
* Idarbach (Nahe) - rises between Erbeskopf and Kahlheid
* Idarbach (Hahnenbach) - rises north of the Idarkopf near Hochscheid
* Rhaunelbach
* Steinbach

### Lakes and reservoirs

The following lakes and reservoirs are located in, or on the edge of, the Idar Forest:

* Steinbach Reservoir on the Steinbach

## Sources

* Uwe Anhäuser: Heimat am Idarwald. Literaturverlag Dr. Gebhardt und Hilden, Idar-Oberstein 2001, ISBN 3-932515-30-7.
