The Lange Berge ("Long Hills") are a small range of the German

Central Uplands 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 ...

, up to , which lie mainly in the Bavarian provinces of

Upper Franconia Upper Franconia (german: Oberfranken) is a ''Regierungsbezirk'' (administrative 'Regierungs''region 'bezirk'' of the state of Bavaria, southern Germany. It forms part of the historically significant region of Franconia, the others being Middle F ...

with northwestern foothills in

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 ...

Location

The Lange Berge lie on the border between Bavaria and Thuringia in the counties of

Coburg Coburg () is a town located on the Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only in 1920. Until the revolution of 1918, it ...

and

Hildburghausen Hildburghausen ( IPA adapted from: ) is a town in Thuringia in central Germany, capital of the district Hildburghausen. Geography It is situated in the Franconian part of Thuringia south of the Thuringian Forest, in the valley of the Werra riv ...

between

Eisfeld Eisfeld is a town and a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Werra, 12 km east of Hildburghausen, and 19 km north of Coburg. The former municipality Sachsenbrunn was merge ...

on the River Werra to the north, the Lauter valley to the east,

on the

Itz The Itz is a river of Thuringia and Bavaria, Germany. The Itz is long and a right tributary of the Main. The Itz begins in Sachsenbrunn (Stelzen), Thuringia and flows southward through Bachfeld and Schalkau. It crosses into Bavaria and feeds ...

to the south and Bad Rodach to the west.

Hills

The highest point of the Lange Berge is the Buchberg (527.2 m) in Bavaria, a barely noticeable eminence on the A 73 motorway between the Sennigshöhe and the motorway junction of

-Süd. The highest hills in the range are (heights in metres (m) above

Normalnull ("standard zero") or (short N. N. or NN ) is an outdated official vertical datum used in Germany. Elevations using this reference system were to be marked (“meters above standard zero”). has been replaced by (NHN). History In 187 ...

(NN)): * Buchberg (527.2 m), Bavaria * Mirsdorfer Kuppe (525.3 m), Bavaria * Sennigshöhe (522.8 m), Bavaria * Walleskuppe (513.5 m), Thuringian/Bavarian border * Hohe Wart (504.8 m), Thuringia * Jägersberg (491.4 m), Bavaria * Ottenberg (487.4 m), Bavaria * Hildburghausener Höhe (461.6 m), Bavaria

References

{{Authority control Central Uplands Hill ranges of Bavaria Coburg (district) Natural regions of Germany Franconia