White Wall (Taunus)

The White Wall[1] (German: Weiße Mauer) in the Taunus is a quartzite field on the Altkönig that was formed in the ice age as a result of frost weathering.

Its terrain descends towards the southeast into the natural region of Kronberger Taunusfuß (300.21), which is within the major unit of the Anterior Taunus (300) and subunit of Altkönig Vorstufe (300.2).

[3] The blockfield belongs to the Taunus Quartzite and is thus made of similar material to the Altkönig hillfort and other local rock formations (the Marmorstein, Elisabethenstein and Goldgrube).

The E1 European long distance path runs over the southern uplands of the White Wall from the pass of Fuchstanz (662 m) to the west and then over the Altkönig to the southwest.

The route leaves the paved track in places and, after the quartzite field, heads east down to the Hohe Mark in the valley of the Urselbach.