The Hintertaunus ("Rear Taunus") is a natural region in the German Central Upland range of the Taunus (major unit group30), which rises to a height of 700.7mabovesea level (NHN) and lies north of the High Taunus (301). It extends as far as the river Rhine to the west, the river Lahn to the north and the Wetterau hills to the east. It is divided into the Eastern Hintertaunus (major unit302), Idstein Basin (303) and Western Hintertaunus (304).

View from the observation tower on top of the mountain Pferdskopf (Taunus), facing Altweilnau (constituent community of Weilrod) and parts of the Hintertaunus, which flattens out to the north.

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