The Zitter Forest is located in the Eifel

Eifel

The Eifel is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the south of the German-speaking Community of Belgium....

 region in the German district of Euskirchen (North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

) and in the Belgian province of Liège

Liège (province)

Liège is the easternmost province of Belgium and belongs to the Walloon Region. It is an area of French and German ethnicity. It borders on the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and in Belgium the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur, Walloon Brabant , and those of Flemish Brabant and Limburg . Its...

 (Wallonia). Its highest point is .

The Zitter Forest lies in the North Eifel

North Eifel

The North Eifel , the northern part of the Eifel, a low mountain range in Germany and East Belgium, comprises the following six sub-regions:*Venn Foreland,*Hohes Venn,*Rur Eifel,*Limestone Eifel,*Our Valley and*High Eifel....

 between Hellenthal

Hellenthal

Hellenthal is a municipality in the district of Euskirchen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Eifel hills, near the border with Belgium, approx. 30 km south-west of Euskirchen and 40 km south-east of Aachen...

 (north), Dahlem (east), Kronenburg

Kronenburg

Kronenburg or Kronenbourg may refer to:In places:* Kronenburg, Germany, town subsumed into Dahlem, North Rhine-Westphalia* Kronenburg , village in Suriname* Loenen-Kronenburg, former Dutch municipalityIn others:...

 (south) and the Belgian village of Büllingen

Büllingen

Büllingen is a largely German language-speaking municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006 Büllingen had a total population of 5,385. The total area is 150.49 km² which gives a population density of 36 inhabitants per km²....

 (west). The Zitter Forest is part of the Hohes Venn – Eifel Nature Park

Hohes Venn – Eifel Nature Park

The German-Belgian Hohes Venn – Eifel Nature Park , often called the North Eifel Nature Park , is a cross-border nature park with elements in the German federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate as well as the Belgian province of Liège...

. To the north the Eifel National Park

Eifel National Park

The Eifel National Park is the 14th national park in Germany and the first in North Rhine-Westphalia.- General :The aims of the Eifel National Park accord with those set out by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Ressources, IUCN. These require that at least 75 percent...

 borders on the Zitter Forest; to the south the river Kyll

Kyll

The Kyll , noted by the Roman poet Ausonius as Celbis, is a 142km long river in western Germany , left tributary of the Moselle. It rises in the Eifel mountains, near the border with Belgium and flows generally south through the towns Stadtkyll, Gerolstein, Kyllburg and east of Bitburg...

 is the border with the Schnee Eifel

Schnee Eifel

The Schnee Eifel is a heavily wooded landscape in Germany's Central Uplands that forms part of the western Eifel in the area of the German-Belgian border...

.

In the thinly populated and predominantly wooded uplands of the Zitter Forest between 500 and lie the sources of the Olef, Urft and Kyll

Kyll

The Kyll , noted by the Roman poet Ausonius as Celbis, is a 142km long river in western Germany , left tributary of the Moselle. It rises in the Eifel mountains, near the border with Belgium and flows generally south through the towns Stadtkyll, Gerolstein, Kyllburg and east of Bitburg...

. Its highest elevation is on the Weißer Stein  southwest of Udenbreth; amongst the other hills within the Zitter Forest are the Bärbelkreuz , Hühnerhöhe , Kamberg .

The Hellenthal villages and settlements — like Giescheid, Miescheid, Neuhaus, Ramscheid and Udenbreth — in the northern part of the Zitter Forest belong to the highest parishes in the Rhineland

Rhineland

Historically, the Rhinelands refers to a loosely-defined region embracing the land on either bank of the River Rhine in central Europe....

.

The Zitter Forest is one of the last habitats of the wildcat

Wildcat

Wildcat is a small felid native to Europe, the western part of Asia, and Africa.-Animals:Wildcat may also refer to members of the genus Lynx:...

in Germany.

The Eifel-Bärbelkreuz transmission tower (Sendeturm Eifel-Bärbelkreuz) is within the Zitter Forest.