The Finne is a ridge of hills in the German states of

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it th ...

and

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 lar ...

up to and 23 km long.

Geography

Together with the Schmücke, the Hohe Schrecke and the

Hainleite The Hainleite is a Muschelkalk ridge of hills up to in northern Thuringia, Germany. Geography This heavily wooded landscape lies between Bleicherode in Nordhausen district, Sondershausen in Kyffhäuser district, Bad Frankenhausen, Dingelst� ...

, the Finne borders the northeastern rim of the

Thuringian Basin The Thuringian Basin (german: Thüringer Becken) is a depression in the central and northwest part of Thuringia in Germany which is crossed by several rivers, the longest of which is the Unstrut. It stretches about from north to south and around ...

. It lies between

Bad Sulza Bad Sulza is a town in the Weimarer Land district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Ilm, 15 km southwest of Naumburg, and 18 km north of Jena. The former municipality Ködderitzsch was merged into Bad Sulza in January 2 ...

and Hauteroda. The Finne Tunnel, which has a total length of 6.885 m and is part of the

Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle high-speed railway The Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle high-speed railway is a -long high-speed line in Germany between Erfurt and Leipzig and Halle. It is listed in Germany's Federal Transport Plan (''Bundesverkehrswegeplan'') as " German Unity Rail Project no 8.2" ('' ...

, passes through the Finne ridge.

Hills

*Künzelsberg *Seligenbornsberg *Wendenburg bei Burgwenden *Buchberg

Nature conservation

Parts of the Finne have been declared a

nature reserve A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or ...

. The nature reserve was notified to the

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as part of the Hohe Schrecke - Finne Flora-Fauna Habitat Region.

References

The length of the Finne ridge measured from the Seligenbornsberg near Lossa in the northwest to its extreme southeast foothills at Bad Sulza (Bad Sulza Nord stop on the Peppermint Railway): around 23 km (according to the Map Service of the Federal Office of Nature Conservation ''Kartendienste des Bundesamtes für Naturschutz'') Mountains and hills of Saxony-Anhalt Hills of Thuringia Forests and woodlands of Thuringia {{SaxonyAnhalt-geo-stub