The Heidelstein, between
Bischofsheim an der Rhön Bischofsheim may refer to the following towns:
*Bischofsheim, Hesse
Bischofsheim is a municipality in Groß-Gerau district in Hesse, Germany with a population of more than 13,000.
Geography
Location
Bischofsheim lies south of the Main and e ...
in the
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 ...
n county of
Rhön-Grabfeld
Rhön-Grabfeld is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the southeast and clockwise) the districts of Hassberge, Schweinfurt and Bad Kissingen, and the states of Hesse (district Fulda) and Thuringia (districts S ...
and
Wüstensachsen in the
Hessian
A Hessian is an inhabitant of the German state of Hesse.
Hessian may also refer to:
Named from the toponym
*Hessian (soldier), eighteenth-century German regiments in service with the British Empire
**Hessian (boot), a style of boot
**Hessian f ...
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 ...
, is a mountain, high,
on the state border in the mountains of the
High Rhön, part of the German
Central Upland
The Central UplandsDickinson (1964), p.18 ff. (german: die MittelgebirgeN.B. In German die ''Mittelgebirge'' (plural) refers to the Central Uplands; das ''Mittelgebirge'' refers to a low mountain range or upland region (''Mittel'' = "medium" and ...
range of
Rhön. Its actual summit is in
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 ...
. Sometimes its main peak is also called Schwabenhimmel.
On the Heidelstein are the
Heidelstein Transmitter and a memorial of the
Rhön Club. On the northwestern slopes is the source of the River
Ulster
Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label= Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United King ...
and on the western mountainside is the
Rotes Moor Cross Country Skiing Centre.
References
Mountains under 1000 metres
Mountains of Bavaria
Mountains and hills of the Rhön
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