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The Kellerwald () is a low mountain range reaching heights of up to 675 m in the western part of northern Hesse, Germany. Its assets include Germany's largest contiguous beech woodland and it contains Hesse's only national park, the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Mountain.name
Kellerwald
Mountain.map
Germany Hesse
Mountain.photo
Kellerwald vom Burgholz.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
The Kellerwald on the horizon. The three peaks are: the Hohes Lohr (656.7 m, left), Jeust (ca. 585 m, centre) and Wüstegarten (675.3 m, right); in front are the Gilserberg Heights.
Mountain.state
Hesse, Germany
Mountain.parent
Rhenish Massif
Mountain.highest
Wüstegarten

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  • Flora and fauna
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The Kellerwald () is a low mountain range reaching heights of up to 675 m in the western part of northern Hesse, Germany. Its assets include Germany's largest contiguous beech woodland and it contains Hesse's only national park, the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

== Geography == The Kellerwald lies in northern Hesse in the district Schwalm-Eder. Abutting the northeast, the Kellerwald's heights slope down into the Eder Valley, and towards the east and southeast they fall off into the Schwalm Valley. In the southwest, the range goes by way of the Wohra Valley into the Burgwald range and in the west, beyond the river Eder, lies the Breite Struth (a range of hills). thumb|Kellerwald's location in Germany Within the Kellerwald are the Ederhöhen (the "Eder Heights", a mountainous region in the range's north), whose area roughly coincides with the aforesaid national park, the Wildunger Bergland ("Wildungen Highlands"), which makes up the middle part of the Kellerwald, and the Keller (also known as the Hoher Keller or the Hoher Kellerwald, a mountain ridge in the south of the Kellerwald) made up of, from southwest to northeast, Jeust (585 m above sea level), Wüstegarten (675 m), Hunsrück (636 m) and Sauklippe (584 m).

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