This list of mountains and hills in Rhineland-Palatinate shows a selection of high and/or well-known

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Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

(''in order of height''). Although there is no universally agreed definition, this list treats a mountain as an elevation of 2000 feet (612 m) or higher.

Highest points of the Rhineland-Palatinate regions

The following table shows the highest mountains and hills of the Rhineland-Palatinate regions. In the "Region" column, extensive or high ranges are shown in bold; whilst landscapes which either have no obvious high point or are lowlands with prominent hills (sometimes island-like) are shown in ''italics''. Clicking on the word "List" (in the "Lists" column), links to further lists of mountains and hills in the particular region or landscape indicated (sometimes outside Rhineland-Palatinate). The table, which is arranged in order of height, may be sorted by clicking on the symbol at the head of the relevant column. Blick-vom-erbeskopf

Mountains

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/region). Three ??? mean ''unknown'' or ''not yet researched''; please add information! # Erbeskopf (816 m), Bernkastel-Wittlich district, Schwarzwälder Hochwald,

Hunsrück The Hunsrück () is a long, triangular, pronounced upland in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the valleys of the Moselle-Saar (north-to-west), the Nahe (south), and the Rhine (east). It is continued by the Taunus mountains, past ...

An den zwei Steinen An den zwei Steinen is a mountain, , in the Idar Forest (part of the Hunsrück mountains) in the counties of Birkenfeld and Bernkastel-Wittlich in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The wooded peak is the second-highest in Rhineland-Palatinate after ...

(766 m), Bernkastel-Wittlich district,

Idar Forest The Idar Forest (German: ''Idarwald'', Celtic: ''"id ar"'' - hill forest above the land) is part of the Hunsrück low mountain range in the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The Idar Forest lies in the distric ...

, Hunsrück #

Kahlheid The Kahlheid near Morscheid-Riedenburg in the Idar Forest (Hunsrück) is a mountain, ,{{GeoQuelle, DE-RP, LANDIS-Karte on the boundary between the counties of Birkenfeld and Bernkastel-Wittlich in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The m ...

(766 m), Bernkastel-Wittlich district, Idar Forest, Hunsrück # Steingerüttelkopf (757 m), Birkenfeld district, Idar Forest, Hunsrück # Sandkopf (756 m), Trier-Saarburg district, Schwarzwälder Hochwald, Hunsrück # Ruppelstein (755 m), Birkenfeld district, Schwarzwälder Hochwald, Hunsrück #

Hohe Acht The Hohe Acht () is the highest mountain ( ) in the Eifel mountains of Germany. It is located on the boundary between the districts of Ahrweiler and Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate. Geography and geology The Hohe Acht is located in the H ...

(747 m), Ahrweiler district,

High Eifel The High Eifel (german: Hocheifel (Ost) or ''Hohe Eifel'') forms part of the Eifel Mountains in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The landscape here between Adenau, Mendig and Daun rises to a height of 747 m. The region is not to be c ...

Eifel The Eifel (; lb, Äifel, ) is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the southern area of the German-speaking Community of ...

# Idarkopf (746 m), Birkenfeld district, Idar Forest, Hunsrück # Usarkopf (724 m), Birkenfeld district, Idar Forest, Hunsrück # Butterhecker Steinköpfe (723 m), Birkenfeld district, Schwarzwälder Hochwald, Hunsrück # Ringelkopf (712 m), Birkenfeld district, Schwarzwälder Hochwald, Hunsrück #

Rösterkopf The Rösterkopf in the Osburger Hochwald (Hunsrück in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Rus ...

(708 m), Trier-Saarburg district,

Osburger Hochwald The Osburger Hochwald ("Osburg Upland Forest") lies southeast of the Osburger Hunsrück and has an area of 75 square kilometres. Together with the Schwarzwälder Hochwald, it forms the ''Hochwald'' or "upland forest" of the Hunsrück, the south ...

, Hunsrück # Friedrichskopf (707 m), Birkenfeld district, Dollberge/Schwarzwälder Hochwald, Hunsrück #

Ernstberg The Ernstberg (also Erresberg) southeast of Hinterweiler is, at 698.8 m, the highest of the west Eifel volcanoes and, after the Hohe Acht, the second highest mountain in the Eifel overall. Its summit consists of pyroclastic rocks (''Schwei� ...

(''Erresberg'') (698.8 m), Vulkaneifel district, High Eifel, Eifel #

Schwarzer Mann The Schwarzer Mann ("Black Man") is a mountain in the western part of the Eifel which is known as Schnee Eifel. With a height of 697.8 meters it is the highest peak in the Schnee Eifel and third highest in the Eifel. Geography Location The ...

(697.3 m), Bitburg-Prüm Eifel district,

Schneifel The Schneifel is a range of low mountains, up to , in the western part of the Eifel in Germany, near the Belgian border. It runs from Brandscheid near Prüm in a northeasterly direction to Ormont. The name Schneifel has nothing to do with the G ...

, Eifel # Teufelskopf (695 m), Trier-Saarburg district, Irrwald/Schwarzwälder Hochwald, Hunsrück #

Schimmelkopf The Schimmelkopf or Weiskircher Höhe is a mountain that rises in the Schwarzwälder Hochwald (part of the Hunsrück) on the boundary between the counties of Trier-Saarburg (Rhineland-Palatinate) and Merzig-Wadern (Saarland) and, at , is the seco ...

(694.8 m), Merzig-Wadern district, Irrwald/Schwarzwälder Hochwald, Hunsrück # Mückenbornberg (691 m), Trier-Saarburg district, Irrwald/Schwarzwälder Hochwald, Hunsrück #

Scharteberg The Scharteberg is a mountain, high, near Kirchweiler in the district of Vulkaneifel and is one of the highest peaks in the Eifel region of Germany. On the summit is the Eifel Transmitter which belongs to SWR and is used for FM radio and telev ...

(691 m), Vulkaneifel district, High Eifel, Eifel #

Donnersberg The Donnersberg ("thunder mountain") is the highest peak of the Palatinate (german: Pfalz) region of Germany. The mountain lies between the towns of Rockenhausen and Kirchheimbolanden, in the Donnersbergkreis district, which is named after the ...

(687 m),

Donnersbergkreis The Donnersbergkreis is a district (''Kreis'') in the middle of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Bad Kreuznach, Alzey-Worms, Bad Dürkheim, Kaiserslautern, Kusel. History The district was created in 1969 by merging the dis ...

North Palatine Uplands The North Palatine Uplands (german: Nordpfälzer Bergland), sometimes shortened to Palatine Uplands (''Pfälzer Bergland''), is a low mountain range and landscape unit in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and belongs mainly to the Palat ...

# Prümscheid (675 m), Vulkaneifel district, High Eifel, Eifel # Wildenburger Kopf (674 m), Birkenfeld district, Schwarzwälder Hochwald, Hunsrück # Kalmit (673 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Haardt, Palatine Forest # Hohe Wurzel (669 m), Trier-Saarburg district, Osburg High Forest, Hunsrück # Schöneberg (668 m), Ahrweiler district, Schneifel, Eifel # Wehlenstein (668 m), Birkenfeld district, Schwarzwälder Hochwald, Hunsrück # Sandkopf (665 m), Birkenfeld district, Schwarzwälder Hochwald, Hunsrück #

Kesselberg Walchensee or Lake Walchen is one of the deepest and largest alpine lakes in Germany, with a maximum depth of and an area of . The lake is south of Munich in the middle of the Bavarian Alps. The entire lake, including the island of Sassau, ...

(663 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Haardt, Palatine Forest # Seimersberg (663 m), Bitburg-Prüm Eifel district, Schneifel, Eifel # Ellerspring (657 m), Bad Kreuznach district,

Soonwald The Soonwald is a forested, low mountain region, up to , which forms part of the Hunsrück mountains in the German Central Uplands. It lies within the counties of Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis and Bad Kreuznach in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Geo ...

, Hunsrück #

Fuchskaute The Fuchskaute is an extinct volcano and, at , the highest mountain of the Westerwald and the county of Westerwaldkreis in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The name ''Fuchskaute'' ("foxhole") refers to a place where the fox (''Fuchs'') h ...

(657 m), Westerwald district, High Westerwald,

Westerwald The Westerwald (; literally 'Western forest') is a low mountain range on the right bank of the river Rhine in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a part of the Rhenish Massif ( or Rhenish ...

# Stegskopf (654.4 m), Altenkirchen district, Westerwald # Salzburger Kopf (654.2 m), Westerwaldkreis, Westerwald # Simmerkopf (653 m), Rhein-Hunsrück district, Soonwald, Hunsrück # Ringkopf (650 m), Birkenfeld district, Schwarzwälder Hochwald, Hunsrück # Opel (649 m), Bad Kreuznach district and Landkreis Rhein-Hunsrück district, Soonwald, Hunsrück # Hochsteinchen (648 m), Rhein-Hunsrück district, Soonwald, Hunsrück #

Nerother Kopf The Nerother Kopf is the conical hill of an extinct volcano (a cinder cone) near Neroth in the Eifel mountains. It is and situated in the county of Vulkaneifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Geographical location The Nerother Ko ...

(647 m), Vulkaneifel district, High Eifel, Eifel # Mörschieder Burr] (646 m), Birkenfeld district, Schwarzwälder Hochwald, Hunsrück # Prümer Kopf (646 m), Bitburg-Prüm Eifel district, Schneifel, Eifel # Schanzerkopf (643 m), Rhein-Hunsrück district, Soonwald, Hunsrück # Kühlfelder Stein (638 m), ??? district, Westerwald # Esselsberg (637 m), ??? district, High Eifel, Eifel #

Kandrich The Kandrich, at , is the highest mountain in the Bingen Forest. It is near Daxweiler in the county of Bad Kreuznach in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Geography The Kandrich lies in the northern tip of the county of Bad Kreuznach a ...

(637 m), Mainz-Bingen district, Bingen Forest, Hunsrück # Katzenkopf (637 m), Rhein-Hunsrück district, Soonwald, Hunsrück # Roßberg (637 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Haardt, Palatine Forest # Hochberg (636 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Haardt, Palatine Forest # Ochsenbaumer Höhe (632 m), Rhein-Hunsrück district, Soonwald, Hunsrück # Salzkopf (628 m), Mainz-Bingen district, Bingen Forest, Hunsrück #

Aremberg Aremberg() is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe aft ...

(623.0 m), Ahrweiler district, Ahr Hills, Eifel # Silberich (623 m), Birkenfeld district, Schwarzwälder Hochwald, Hunsrück # Alteburg (621 m), Bad Kreuznach district, Soonwald, Hunsrück # Vorkastell (620 m), ??? district, Dollberge/Schwarzwälder Hochwald, Hunsrück # Hohe Loog (619 m), town of Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Haardt, Palatine Forest # Franzosenkopf (618 m), Mainz-Bingen district, Bingen Forest, Hunsrück #

Blättersberg The Blättersberg near Rhodt unter Rietburg in the Rhenish-Palatine county of Südliche Weinstraße is a mountain, , in the Palatine Forest in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The mountain has a north summit (613.2 m) and a south ...

with the Ludwig Tower (617.5 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Haardt, Palatine Forest #

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(617 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Palatine Forest # Höchstberg (616 m), ??? district,

Vulkaneifel Vulkaneifel () is a district (''Kreis'') in the northwest of the state Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the least densely populated district in the state and the fourth most sparsely populated district in Germany. The administrative centre of ...

, Eifel # Auf der Wurst (615 m), ??? district, Schneifel, Eifel # Alsberg (613 m), Westerwald district, Westerwald # Steigerkopf (also: Schänzel) with the Schänzel Tower (613 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Palatine Forest

Hills

# Dreiser Höhe (611 m), ??? district, High Eifel, Eifel # Blattersberg (609 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Palatine Forest # Eschkopf (609 m), Südwestpfalz district, Palatine Forest # Mosisberg (609 m), Südwestpfalz district, Palatine Forest # Morschenberg (608 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Haardt, Palatine Forest # Rothsohlberg (607 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Haardt, Palatine Forest # Steffelnkopf (607 m), ??? district, Schneifel, Eifel # Weißenberg (607 m), Südwestpfalz district, Palatine Forest # Hortenkopf (606 m), Südwestpfalz district, Palatine Forest # Taubenkopf (604 m), town of Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Haardt, Palatine Forest # Heimerich (601 m), ??? district, Westerwald #

Teufelsberg Teufelsberg (; German for ''Devil's Mountain'') is a non-natural hill in Berlin, Germany, in the Grunewald locality of former West Berlin. It rises about above the surrounding Teltow plateau and above the sea level, in the north of Berlin's G ...

(598 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Haardt, Palatine Forest # Hardtkopf (597 m), Bitburg-Prüm Eifel district, South Eifel, Eifel # Womrather Höhe (597 m), Rhein-Hunsrück district, Lützelsoon, Hunsrück #

Hochsimmer The Hochsimmer is a volcanic cone, , in the Eifel Mountains in Germany. It rises near Ettringen (Eifel), Ettringen in the Rhineland-Palatine county of Mayen-Koblenz. At the summit is an observation tower, the Hochsimmer Tower. Geography Loca ...

(587.9 m), Mayen-Koblenz district, High Eifel # Herzerberg (585 m), Kusel district, North Palatine Uplands # Orensberg (581 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Haardt, Palatine Forest # Rehberg (576.8 m), Südliche Weinstraße district,

Wasgau The Wasgau (german: Wasgau, french: Vasgovie) is a Franco-German hill range in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the French departments of Bas-Rhin and Moselle. It is formed from the southern part of the Palatine Forest and the north ...

, Palatine Forest # Stolzberg (572 m), Kusel district, North Palatine Uplands # Schindhübel (571 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Palatine Forest # Drachenfels (570.8 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Palatine Forest # Bloskülb (570 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Palatine Forest # Großer Adelberg (569 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Palatine Forest # Brogberg (567 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Palatine Forest # Hoher Stoppelkopf (567 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Palatine Forest #

Königsberg Königsberg (, ) was the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was named ...

(567 m), Kusel district, North Palatine Uplands # Almersberg (564 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Palatine Forest #

Potzberg The Potzberg, known as "King of the Westrich" (''König des Westrich''), is a wooded hill, (), in the North Palatine Uplands in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Geography & history The Potzberg is one of the "Palatine Domes" (''Pf� ...

(562 m), Kusel district, North Palatine Uplands # Steinberger Ley] (558 m), ??? district, Vulkaneifel, Eifel # Hohenberg (556 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Haardt, Palatine Forest # Rockeskyller Kopf (555 m), Vulkan Eifel district,

# Weinbiet (553 m), town of Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Haardt, Palatine Forest # Koppensteiner Höhe (551 m), Rhein-Hunsrück district, Soonwald, Hunsrück #

Hoher List The Hoher List is a stratovolcano, , near the town of Daun in the Eifel region. The hill is in the county of Vulkaneifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Location The Hoher List lies in the Volcanic Eifel, part of the Eifel Mountains ...

(549 m), Vulkan Eifel district, Vulkaneifel, Eifel # Selberg (546 m), Kusel district, North Palatine Uplands # Montabaurer Höhe (545 m), Westerwald district, Westerwald # Köppel (540 m), Westerwald district, Westerwald # Herrmannsberg (536 m), Kusel district, North Palatine Uplands # Bobenthaler Knopf (534 m), Südwestpfalz district, Palatine Forest # Hohenseelbachskopf (530 m),??? district, Westerwald #

Bornberg (Palatinate) The Bornberg is a 520-metre-high hill in the county of Kusel in the North Palatine Uplands in Germany. The Bornberg has 2 summits: the ''Kiefernkopf'' and ''Trautmannsberg''. In the northwest it is adjoined by the Herrmannsberg. To the east flows ...

(520 m), Kusel district, North Palatine Uplands # Rahnfels (517 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Haardt, Palatine Forest # Eckkopf (516 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Palatine Forest # Großer Eyberg (513 m), Südwestpfalz district, Palatine Forest # Hochthürmerberg (499.8 m), Euskirchen district, Ahr Hills # Stabenberg (496 m), town of Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Haardt, Palatine Forest # Goßberg (Hunsrück) (494 m), Rhein-Hunsrück district # Peterskopf (487 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Haardt, Palatine Forest # Weilerskopf (470 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Haardt, Palatine Forest # Asberg (441 m), Neuwied district, Unkel # Spitzkopf (429 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Palatine Forest # Dernbacher Kopf (427 m), Neuwied district, Dernbach (near Dierdorf) # Meerberg (422 m), Neuwied district, Linz #

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(422 m), Bad Kreuznach district, Naheland # Hochberg (421 m), Südwestpfalz district,

, Palatine Forest # Heidenberg with the Buchkammerfels (420 m), Südwestpfalz district, Wasgau, Palatine Forest # Minderberg (417 m), Neuwied district, Linz # Heiße Bäumchen (410 m), Bad Ems district, Dachsenhausen # Mainzer Berg (Palatinate) (403 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Palatine Forest #

Wetterkreuzberg The Wetterkreuzberg () is a hill in the Haardt range on the eastern edge of the Palatine Forest in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Location The Wetterkreuzberg, like the Breitenberg (545.2 m), the Taubenkopf (603.8 m) and ...

(400.7 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Palatine Forest # Beulskopf (388 m), Altenkirchen district,

# Kühkopf (382 m), town of

Koblenz Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili ...

, Hunsrück #

Remigiusberg The Remigiusberg in the county of Kusel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate is a hill, 368 metres high, which belongs to the western part of the North Palatine Uplands and only stands above the surrounding terrain by 120 metres. ...

(368 m), Kusel district, North Palatine Uplands # Liescher Berg (347 m), Trier-Saarburg district, Saargau # Teufelsstein (317 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Haardt, Palatine Forest #

Mont Royal Mount Royal (french: link=no, Mont Royal, ) is a large intrusive rock hill or small mountain in the city of Montreal, immediately west of Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The best-known hypothesis for the origin of the name Montreal is the hi ...

(305 m), Bernkastel-Wittlich district, Kondelwald #

Kleine Kalmit The Kleine Kalmit ("Little Kalmit"; from Lat. ''calvus mons'' = ''bare hill'') is a hill, high, just outside the eastern edge of the Palatine Forest, and the Haardt range, in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Parts of the hill have been ...

(270 m), Südliche Weinstraße district/Landau in der Palatinate # Zotzenheimer Horn with the Napoleonshöhe (270 m), Mainz-Bingen district #

Petersberg Petersberg may refer to: * The Hotel Petersberg near Bonn, the site of the ** Petersberg Agreement, 1949, regarding the international status of West Germany. ** Petersberg tasks, 1992 and 1997, regarding European security cooperation. Also known a ...

(246 m), Alzey-Worms district, Rheinhessen #

Ehrenbreitstein Ehrenbreitstein Fortress (german: Festung Ehrenbreitstein, ) is a fortress in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the east bank of the Rhine where it is joined by the Moselle, overlooking the town of Koblenz. ...

(118 m), town of Koblenz

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