The Apelsberg is a 785.3 m high (above
sea level
Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured. The global MSL is a type of vertical datuma standardised g ...
)
mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...
located in the
Thuringian Highland
The Thuringian Highland, Thuringian Highlands or Thuringian-Vogtlandian Slate MountainsKohl, Horst; Marcinek, Joachim and Nitz, Bernhard (1986). ''Geography of the German Democratic Republic'', VEB Hermann Haack, Gotha, p. 7 ff. . (german: Thüring ...
,
Thuringia
Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million.
Erfurt is the capital and larg ...
(
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
).
It is located close to the municipality of
Lichte
220px, Wallendorfer Porcelain Manufacture, Oct. 2006
220px, Leibis-Lichte Dam, 102.5 m high
Lichte is a village and a former municipality in the district of Sonneberg in Thuringia, Germany, close to the Thuringian Rennsteig. Formerly in th ...
and the
Leibis-Lichte Dam
The Leibis-Lichte Dam (german: Talsperre Leibis –Lichte) is a dam in the German state of Thuringia in the Thuringian Highland. The dam was completed in 2005 to impound the River Lichte, between the Lichte municipality section Geiersthal and Un ...
in the
Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district
Saalfeld-Rudolstadt is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the south of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) the districts Weimarer Land, Saale-Holzland, Saale-Orla, the district Kronach in Bavaria, and the districts Son ...
in the
Thuringian Forest Nature Park
Thuringian Forest Nature Park (german: Naturpark Thüringer Wald) is one of two nature parks in the state of Thuringia, Germany.
Founded in 1990, and expanded in 2018, the nature park now covers and area of more than . It extends around the Rennst ...
.
The section of the
Rennsteig
The () is a ridge walk as well as an historical boundary path in the Thuringian Forest, Thuringian Highland and Franconian Forest in Central Germany. The long-distance trail runs for about from and the valley in the northwest to and the r ...
walkway between
Neuhaus am Rennweg
Neuhaus am Rennweg is a town in the district of Sonneberg, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated in the Thuringian Forest, 17 km north of Sonneberg, and 22 km southwest of Saalfeld. The former municipalities Lichte and Piesau
Piesau ...
,
Ernstthal am Rennsteig
Ernstthal am Rennsteig is a municipality section of the so-called ''Glass-blower Town'' (de: Glasbläserstadt) Lauscha in the district of Sonneberg in Thuringia, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a c ...
, and
Spechtsbrunn runs close to the mountain.
See also
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List of Mountains and Elevations of Thuringia
This list of the mountains and hills of Thuringia contains a selection of the mountains and hills to be found in the German federal state of Thuringia. They are arranged alphabetically with their height given in metres (m) above sea lev ...
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Mountains of Thuringia
Thuringian Forest
Lichte