Heilbronn Hills

Heilbronn Hills Heilbronner Berge
The Heilbronn Hills in the west-northwest of the natural region of the Swabian-Franconian Forest
Highest point
Peak	Reisberg
Elevation	378 m above NHN
Geography
State	Heilbronn and Heilbronn county; Baden-Württemberg,  Germany
Range coordinates	49°06′59″N 9°17′50″E / 49.116444°N 9.297306°E / 49.116444; 9.297306Coordinates: 49°06′59″N 9°17′50″E / 49.116444°N 9.297306°E / 49.116444; 9.297306
Parent range	Lowenstein Hills im Swabian-Franconian Forest
Geology
Orogeny	Bergland
Type of rock	Keuper

The Heilbronn Hills (German: Heilbronner Berge) in the borough of Heilbronn with foothills in the county of Heilbronn are the northwestern outliers of the Lowenstein Hills in the south German state of Baden-Württemberg and reach a height of 378 m above sea level (NHN). Together with the Sulm Plateau to the northeast they are often known as the Heilbronn Uplands (Heilbronner Bergland).

The Heilbronn Hills forms the northwestern foothills of the Löwenstein Hills in the west-northwestern part of the Swabian-Franconian Forest. The region extends from north to south, bulging eastwards in a sickle-shape around the city of Heilbronn. In the north and northeast it is bounded by the valley of Weinsberger Tal on the far side of which is the Sulm Plateau. To the east on the other side of the valley of the Stadtseebach (Saubach) are the west-northwest foothills of the Mainhardt Forest, to the southeast the range transitions into the Lowenstein Hills themselves and in the southwest, west and northwest they descend in keuper escarpments into the Neckar Basin.

Villages dot the edges of the Heilbronn Hills, many, especially those in the borough of Heilbronn, extending into the hills: Erlenbach and Weinsberg in the north, Lehrensteinsfeld (further away) in the east, Obergruppenbach in the southeast, Untergruppenbach in the south, Flein and Sontheim in the southwest, Heilbronn in the west and Neckarsulm in the northwest.