Taunus

The Taunus is a mountain chain in Hesse, Germany. It is bounded by the river valleys of Rhine, Main and Lahn. On the opposite side of the Rhine the mountains are continued by the Hunsrück.

The highest peak is the Großer Feldberg (880 m).

The Roman Limes was built across the Taunus. Afterwards the Alamanni settled here. For this reason there are many remains of Roman military camps and Alemannian gravesites in the mountains.

From the late 1930s through the 1960s, Ford referred to most of their cars made in Germany as Taunus models; this was sometimes adopted as the marque name in Export markets, particularly where British and American Fords were also available.