Belchen




Belchen is the name of the following mountains in the vicinity of the Franco-German-Swiss tripoint:




  • Black Forest Belchen or Baden Belchen (Schwarzwälder Belchen or Badischer Belchen, 1,414 m), in the Southern Black Forest, Germany


  • Swiss Belchen (Belchenflue, Schweizer Belchen, Bölchen or Bölchenfluh, 1,099 m), in the Swiss Jura


  • Alsatian Belchen (Elsässer Belchen, Welscher Belchen or Ballon d'Alsace, 1,247 m), in the Vosges, France


  • Great Belchen (Großer Belchen, Sulzer, Gebweiler Belchen or Grand Ballon, 1,424 m), highest mountain in the Vosges, France


  • Little Belchen (Kleiner Belchen, Kahler Wasen or Petit Ballon, 1,267 m), also in the Vosges


Other meanings


  • Belchen (nature reserve), nature reserve in the counties of Lörrach and Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

See also:



  • Belchen System


  • Belchen Tunnel under the Belchenflue


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