The Feldberg is a mountain in the
Rhön highlands in the German state of
Hesse
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...
. It is .
It is located about three kilometres northeast of
Gersfeld
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 ...
in the county of
Fulda
Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a town in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the town hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival.
History ...
, near the border with
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
and is part of the
Hessian Rhön Nature Park and 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 ...
. The nearest settlements are
Obernhausen to the northwest and
Sandberg
Sandberg may refer to:
People
*Sandberg (surname)
Places
*Sandberg, Bavaria - municipality in the district of Rhön-Grabfeld in Bavaria in Germany
*Sandberg (Celtic settlement) - archaeological site on hill ridge in the northwestern part of the ...
on the southern spurs of the mountain. The Feldberg is a southwestern outpost of the mountain ridge that runs from 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 ...
to the
Heidelstein
The Heidelstein, between Bischofsheim an der Rhön in the Bavarian county of Rhön-Grabfeld and Wüstensachsen in the Hessian county of Fulda, is a mountain, high, on the state border in the mountains of the High Rhön, part of the German Centr ...
. The youthful
Fulda
Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a town in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the town hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival.
History ...
flows past below its western slopes. The section of the
B 284 federal road from Gersfeld to
Wüstensachsen runs past the Feldberg in a curve to the west and north. A walking trail managed by the
Rhön Club
The Rhön Club (german: Rhönklub) is an inter-state local history and rambling club in Bavaria, Hesse and Thuringia, with around 25,000 members in 88 branches and is one of the larger German rambling clubs in the Association of German A ...
, the ''Extratour Guckaisee'', runs over the Feldberg, passing immediately south of the summit. The terrain is used for
forestry
Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. Th ...
and, in places, also for
pasture
Pasture (from the Latin ''pastus'', past participle of ''pascere'', "to feed") is land used for grazing. Pasture lands in the narrow sense are enclosed tracts of farmland, grazed by domesticated livestock, such as horses, cattle, sheep, or swine ...
.
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Mountains of Hesse
Mountains and hills of the Rhön