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Wasserkuppen Rhön
The Wasserkuppen Rhön or Wasserkuppenrhön, named after its highest peak, also the highest summit in the entire Rhön Mountains, the Wasserkuppe (), is an exposed highland ridge and natural region in the Hesse, Hessian county of Fulda (district), Fulda and Bavarian county of Rhön-Grabfeld. Together with the Long Rhön and its Eastern flank of the Long Rhön, eastern flank it forms the Central Rhön. The Red Moor (Rhön), Red Moor lies within this natural region. Natural region grouping The name ''Wasserkuppenrhön'' was defined in 1968 as part of the Handbook of the Natural Region Divisions of Germany, natural regional division of Germany (Scale (cartography), M = 1:200,000) as a natural region and grouped as follows: *''(to 35 East Hesse Highlands)'' **''(to 354 High Rhön)'' ***''(to 354.1 Central Rhön)'' ****354.10 Wasserkuppen Rhön In the south the region is rather uniform, in the north and northwest it is dominated by foothills and isolated peaks. The land is almos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasserkuppe
The is a mountain within the German state of Hesse. It is a large plateau formation at an elevation of and is the highest peak in the Rhön Mountains. Great advances in sailplane development took place on the mountain during the interwar period, driven by annual contests. Near the summit there is still an airfield used by gliding clubs and pilots of light aircraft. Etymology The German name is derived from ''Wasenkuppe, Asenberg'' or ''Weideberg'' and means ''Pasture mountain''. Geography The Wasserkuppe lies in the administrative district Fulda north of Gersfeld. Other villages nearby are Poppenhausen ( west - south west) and Wüstensachsen ( east, part of Ehrenberg, Hesse). It is part of the Rhön Biosphere Reserve. The Wasserkuppe sources the spring of the river Fulda (the western source of the Weser) and the river Lütter which joins the Fulda after . The other peaks near the Wasserkuppe are Abtsrodaer Kuppe (north, NN), (east, NN) and Pferdskopf (so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reulbach
Ehrenberg is a municipality in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany. Geography The municipality is located in the centre of the wildlife park "Hessische Rhön" in a level of 450 up to 900 meters and approx. 30 km from Fulda. Most of its districts are situated in the valley of the river Ulster and are crossed by the interstate road B278. Only Reulbach is in another valley. Neighbouring municipalities Ehrenberg touches the municipalities Hilders (rural district Fulda) in the north, Birx ( Thuringia), the town Fladungen ( Bavaria), the municipality Hausen (also Bavaria) and the town Oberelsbach (also Bavaria) the east, the town Gersfeld (district Fulda) in the south and the municipality Poppenhausen Poppenhausen is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the district of Schweinfurt (district), Schweinfurt in Bavaria, Germany. It consists of the following six localities: Hain, Kronungen, Kützberg, Maibach, Pfersdorf, Poppenhausen. Ref ... (district Fulda) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilders
Hilders is a municipality in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany. To the north rises the mountain of Auersberg Auersberg is a mountain in the Ore Mountains in Saxony, southeastern Germany. Auersberg is a 1018.2 m above sea level. It is located in the district of Wildenthal not far from the Czech border southeast of Eibenstock and northwest of Johanngeor .... References Municipalities in Hesse Fulda (district) {{Hesse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poppenhausen (Wasserkuppe)
Poppenhausen is a municipality in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany. it is the home of Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co is a major manufacturer of sailplanes located in Poppenhausen, near Fulda in Germany. It is also the oldest sailplane manufacturer in the world. History The company was founded in 1927 by Alexander Schleicher u ..., the oldest manufacturer of gliders. References Municipalities in Hesse Fulda (district) {{Hesse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwarzerden (Poppenhausen)
Schwarzerden is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a '' Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Kirner Land, whose seat is in the town of Kirn. Geography Location Schwarzerden lies in the Hunsrück at an elevation of 450 m above sea level at the southern edge of the Soonwald above the Kellenbach. The municipal area is 58.6% wooded. Neighbouring municipalities Clockwise from the north, Schwarzerden's neighbours are the municipality of Mengerschied, the town of Bad Sobernheim (exclave, not main townsite), and the municipalities of Weitersborn, Kellenbach and Henau, all of which likewise lie within the Bad Kreuznach district except the first and last named, which lie in the neighbouring Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis. History Schwarzerden's name is interpreted by placename researchers as meaning a settlement area with dark-coloured, humus-ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gersfeld (Rhön)
Gersfeld is a town in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the Fulda River, in the Rhön Mountains, southeast of Fulda. It belonged to the abbey-principality of Fulda before secularisation in 1803. It then belonged to the Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda between 1803 and 1806, to France between 1806 and 1810, and then later to the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt between 1810 and 1813. After the Battle of Leipzig, it was occupied by the Allied troops of the Sixth Coalition between 1813 and 1815. After that, it was ceded to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1815. During the Austro-Prussian War, it was occupied by Prussia before its annexation in the newly established Hesse Nassau province. It was finally incorporated in the state of Hesse in 1945. Gersfeld Barockschloss 1.JPG, Baroque castle Schlosspark-Klinik Gersfeld.jpg, Clinic in castle park Gersfeld, Schloßplatz 9-20160828-002.jpg, Castle park Notable people * Helmut Bieler (born 1940), composer and pian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
