This is a list of mountains and hills of the Rhön, a low mountain range in the
Central Uplands of Germany that straddles the three federal states of
Bavaria,
Hesse and
Thuringia. This list includes summits within the
Rhön Mountains
The Rhön Mountains () are a group of low mountains (or ''Mittelgebirge'') in central Germany, located around the border area where the states of Hesse, Bavaria and Thuringia come together. These mountains, which are at the extreme southeast end o ...
and its foothills, taking in the
Rhön Biosphere Reserve and the nature parks of the
Bavarian Rhön,
Hessian Rhön and, where it belongs to the Rhön, the
Hessian Spessart.
The table currently shows mountains over 900 metres high. It will be extended over time.
Six columns in the following table, which on start up is arranged by height in
metres (m) above
sea level (NHN datum unless otherwise stated based on ), are sortable by clicking on the symbols by their headings. In the columns "Mountain, hill, subpeak“ alternative names are given in brackets, in smaller font and italics. In these columns, where entries bear the same name they are disambiguated by the name of the municipality to which they belong shown in brackets and small font. Mountains or hills that have a low
isolation or
prominence and are therefore not considered independent peaks, are marked with the abbreviation "SP" for "subpeak" and their parent peak is named. In the "state" column, where a mountain or hill lies within two or more states, the state in which the actual summit lies is printed in bold.
A key to the abbreviations is at the bottom of the table.
Abbreviations
Key to the abbreviations used in the table:
Counties (using German car registration plate abbreviations):
* FD =
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 ...
* HEF =
Hersfeld-Rotenburg
* KG =
Bad Kissingen
* MKK =
Main-Kinzig-Kreis
* NES =
Rhön-Grabfeld
* SM =
Schmalkalden-Meiningen
* WAK =
Wartburgkreis
States:
* BV =
Bavaria
* HE =
Hesse
* TH =
Thuringia
Biosphere Reserve:
* Rhön BR =
Rhön Biosphere Reserve
Nature parks:
* Bavarian Rhön NP =
Bavarian Rhön Nature Park
* Hessian Rhön NP =
Hessian Rhön Nature Park
The Hessian Rhön Nature Park (german: Naturpark Hessische Rhön) lies east of Fulda in East Hesse on the border with Thuringia and Bavaria and has and area of 720,7 km². Together with the Bavarian Rhön Nature Park it is part of the cross- ...
* Hessian Spessart NP =
Hessian Spessart Nature Park
Spessart Nature Park (german: Naturpark Spessart) is a nature park in Germany, managed by ''Naturpark Spessart e. V.'' The park spans the states of Hesse and Bavaria, and covers an area of 2,440 km² within the German hill range known as the ...
Points of the compass:
* NW = Northwest
* SE = Southeast
Other:
* AT =
Observation tower
* BR =
Biosphere reserve
* Ex = former
* DDR =
East Germany
* FVV = ''Fremdenverkehrsverein'' ("
tourist association
Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism ...
")
* Gr = ''Groß, Großer'' ("Great")
* Hk = ''Haupt
kuppe'' ("main summit")
* KD =
Cultural monument
A national heritage site is a heritage site having a value that has been registered by a governmental agency as being of national importance to the cultural heritage or history of that country. Usually such sites are listed in a heritage regist ...
* Kl = ''Klein, Kleiner'' ("Little")
* km² =
square kilometre
Square kilometre ( International spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or square kilometer (American spelling), symbol km2, is a multiple of the square metre, the SI unit of area or surface area.
1 km2 is eq ...
* ND =
Natural monument
* NHN = ''
Normalhöhennull'' (German elevation datum)
* Nk = ''Nebenkuppe'' ("subpeak")
* NP =
Nature Park
A nature park, or sometimes natural park, is a designation for a protected natural area by means of long-term land planning, sustainable resource management and limitation of agricultural and real estate developments. These valuable landscape ...
* NSG =
Nature reserve
* Q =
Source
* RB = ''
Regierungsbezirk'' ("province")
* TrÜbPl =
Military training area
* v = von, vom
* Whs =
''Wirtshaus'' (pub, cafe, restaurant)
References and footnotes
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