List of mountains and hills of the Rhön

This is a list of mountains and hills of the Rhön, a low mountain range in the Central Uplands of Germany that straddles the three federal states of Bavaria, Hesse and Thuringia. This list includes summits within the Rhön Mountains and its foothills, taking in the Rhön Biosphere Reserve and the nature parks of the Bavarian Rhön, Hessian Rhön and, where it belongs to the Rhön, the Hessian Spessart. The table currently shows mountains over 900 metres high. It will be extended over time.

See also: List of mountains of Bavaria, List of mountains of Hesse, List of mountains and hills of Thuringia, and Rhön § Natural regional division

Six columns in the following table, which on start up is arranged by height in metres (m) above sea level (NHN datum unless otherwise stated based on [1]), are sortable by clicking on the symbols by their headings. In the columns "Mountain, hill, subpeak“ alternative names are given in brackets, in smaller font and italics. In these columns, where entries bear the same name they are disambiguated by the name of the municipality to which they belong shown in brackets and small font. Mountains or hills that have a low isolation or prominence and are therefore not considered independent peaks, are marked with the abbreviation "SP" for "subpeak" and their parent peak is named. In the "state" column, where a mountain or hill lies within two or more states, the state in which the actual summit lies is printed in bold.

A key to the abbreviations is at the bottom of the table.

Mountain,
hill,
subpeak
(coordinates)		 Elevation
(m) [1]


 Natural region;
Nature park,
Biosphere reserve

 Location
Villages
(near/between)

 County/counties
(see below)

 State/
States
(see below)

 Location of
(sights;
nature reserves; Rivers/sources)

 Image



Wasserkuppe
(50°29′53″N 9°56′16″E)		 950.0 Wasserkuppenrhön;
Hessian Rhön NP,
Rhön BR		 Abtsroda,
Obernhausen,
Reulbach,
Sieblos,
Tränkhof		 FD HE highest mountain in
the Rhön and Hesse;
Nordhang Wasserkuppe NR,
Wasserkuppe Airfield,
German Gliding Museum,
Wasserkuppe Ski and Toboggan Arena;
S: Brandbach,
S: Fulda,
S: Haardt,
S: Lütter
Dammersfeldkuppe
(50°23′48.8″N 9°51′43.6″E)		 927.9 Dammersfeld Ridge;
Hessian Rhön NP,
Rhön BR		 Dalherda,
Neuwildflecken,
Rommers,
Wildflecken		 FD,
KG,
FD,
KG		 HE,
BV,
HE,
BV		 highest mountain in
RB Lower Franconia;
Wildflecken Training Area;
Rhine-Weser Watershed,
S: Gichenbach,
S: Kleine Sinn
Kreuzberg
(50°22′13″N 9°58′48″E)		 927.8 Kreuzberg Group;
Bavarian Rhön NP,
Rhön BR		 Bischofsheim,
Haselbach,
Kilianshof,
Oberwildflecken,
Sandberg,
Waldberg		 NES,
NES,
NES,
KG,
NES,
NES		 BV "Holy Mountain of the Franconians",
Kreuzberg Abbey,
Kreuzberg Transmitter,
Kreuzberg Ski Area,
(large) summit cross;
S: Sinn
Heidelstein
(West/East Top)
Heidelstein:
Schwabenhimmel:
(50°27′37.8″N 10°0′24.6″E)		 925.7 m[2]
925.7
912.6

 Long Rhön;
Bavarian Rhön NP,
Hessian Rhön NP,
Rhön BR		 Ginolfs,
Holzberg,
Wüstensachsen		 NES,
NES,
FD		 BV,
BV,
HE		 near: Rotes Moor NR,
Heidelstein transmitter,
Rhön Club commemoration site,
Rotes Moor Cross Country Skiing Centre,
Long Rhön Nature Reserve (Longe Rhön),
Kesselrain NR;
S: Els,
S: Schwarzbach,
S: Sonder,
S: Ulster
Eierhauckberg
(50°24′21.5″N 9°54′4.3″E)		 909.9 Dammersfeld Ridge;
Hessian Rhön NP,
Rhön BR		 Neuwildflecken,
Rengersfeld,
Rommers,
Wildflecken		 KG,
FD,
FD,
KG		 BV,
HE,
HE,
BV		 Wildflecken Training Area,
Rhine-Weser Watershed
Abtsrodaer Kuppe
(50°30′15.1″N 9°56′17.4″E)		 904.8 Wasserkuppenrhön;
Hessian Rhön NP,
Rhön BR		 Abtsroda,
Reulbach,
Sieblos,
Tränkhof		 FD HE Basalt summit with good views,
part of the Wasserkuppe Ski and Toboggan Arena
Stirnberg
(50°29′28.6″N 10°2′20.5″E)		 901.9 Long Rhön;
Bavarian Rhön NP,
Hessian Rhön NP,
Rhön BR		 Roth,
Wüstensachsen		 NES,
FD		 BV,
HE		 Long Rhön (Lange Rhön) NR,
Stirnberg bei Wüstensachsen NR,
Rhine-Weser Watershed
Hohe Hölle
(50°25′43″N 9°57′41″E)		 893.8 Dammersfeld Ridge;
Bavarian Rhön NP,
Hessian Rhön NP,
Rhön BR		 Frankenheim,
Mosbach,
Oberweißenbrunn		 R-G,
FD,
R-G		 BV,
HE,
BV		 Schwedenwall
Skilift/piste
Steinkopf
(Wüstensachsen)
(50°28′41.1″N 10°1′6″E)		 888 Lange Rhön;
Bavarian Rhön NP,
Hessian Rhön NP,
Rhön Br		 Wüstensachsen,
Ginolfs		 FD,
R-G		 HE,
BV		 Basalt blockfield pile,
Steinkopf NR;
Rhine-Weser watershed,
S: Heuwiesenwasser
Himmeldunkberg
(a[#Abbreviations|Abb]] v. Hohe Hölle)
(50°25′22.5″N 9°57′34.9″E)		 887,9 Dammersfeld Ridge;
Bavarian Rhön NP,
Hessian Rhön NP,
Rhön BR		 Frankenheim,
Mosbach,
Oberweißenbrunn,
Rodenbach		 R-G,
FD,
R-G,
FD		 BV,
HE,
BV,
HE		 Hexenbuchen (ND),
Würzburger Hut (DAV hut);
Rhine-Weser watershed,
S: Stecheller
Mittelberg
(50°24′34.6″N 9°54′50.9″E)		 880
[3]		 Dammersfeld Ridge;
Hessian Rhön NP,
BR Rhön		 Neuwildflecken,
Oberweißenbrunn,
Rengersfeld		 KG,
R-G,
FD		 BV,
BV,
HE		 Wildflecken Trg Area,
tx mast,
tx tower,
skilift;
S: Bärnlochgraben,
S: Ziegelhüttengraben
Pferdskopf
(50°29′27.4″N 9°55′14.3″E)		 874,9 Wasserkuppenrhön;
Hessian Rhön NP,
Rhön BR		 Rodholz,
Obernhausen		 FD HE Basalt crags;
S: Lütter

Abbreviations

Key to the abbreviations used in the table:

Counties (using German car registration plate abbreviations):

States:

Biosphere Reserve:

Nature parks:

Points of the compass:

  • NW = Northwest
  • SE = Southeast

Other:

References and footnotes
  1. Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
  2. Stadt Gersfeld (Rhön), ed. (2002), Gersfeld: Wandern, Wellness, Wintersport : Freizeitkarte 5526, Maßstab 1:25.000 (in German), Fulda: Fa. Parzeller
  3. Berghöhe – diverse Berge laut unbekannte / nicht recherchierte Quelle
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