The Ellenbogen is an 814-metre high extinct

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in the

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n Rhön in the district of Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen,

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Location

The Ellenbogen rises between the villages of Oberweid, Frankenheim and Reichenhausen in the

Rhön Biosphere Reserve The Rhön Biosphere Reserve includes the entire central area of the Rhön Mountains, a low mountain range in the German states of Hesse, Bavaria and Thuringia. Aim In 1991 the Rhön was recognised at international level by UNESCO as a biosph ...

, and belongs to the municipality of Oberweid. As with most of the Rhön Mountains its summit is more of a gently curving plateau. Near its highest point are the dwellings of ''Eisenacher Haus'' and ''Thüringer Rhönhaus''. From the hill summit there is a good view over the ''Hohe Rhön'' ("High Rhön"), the

Milseburg The Milseburg is an extinct volcano and at above sea level the second highest elevation in the Hessian part of the Rhön Mountains, Germany. The hill is located east of Fulda, near the villages of Kleinsassen and Danzwiesen. It is a popular de ...

and the

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 peri ...

, the latter being the highest mountain in the range. One and a half kilometres south of the Ellenbogen, the Ellenbogen Plateau climbs to a small rise that is 2 metres higher than the official summit. This rise is the 815.5 m high ''Schnitzersberg'', which is the highest mountain in the Thuringian Rhön. In spite of that some maps give the height of the Ellenbogen as 816 metres as well.

Sources

* Rhönklub e.V. (publ.), ''Durch die Rhön'', 2001, Verlag Parzeller Fulda, , pp. 102 ff * Rhönklub e.V. (publ.), ''Schneiders Rhönführer'', 2005, Verlag Parzeller Fulda, , p. 273 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ellenbogen (Rhon) Volcanoes of Germany Extinct volcanoes of Europe Mountains of Thuringia Mountains and hills of the Rhön

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