Feldberg (Hessian Rhön)

The Feldberg () is a mountain in the Rhön highlands in the German state of

Hesse Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...

. It is . It is located about three kilometres northeast of

Gersfeld Gersfeld () is a town in the Fulda district of Hesse, Germany, on the Fulda River in the Rhön Mountains, southeast of Fulda. It belonged to the abbey-principality of Fulda before secularisation in 1803. It then belonged to the Principality of ...

in the county of

Fulda Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the city hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival. Histor ...

, near the border with

Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...

and is part of the

Hessian Rhön Nature Park The Hessian Rhön Nature Park () lies east of Fulda in the German state of East Hesse on the border with Thuringia and Bavaria and has an area of 720,7 km2. Together with the Bavarian Rhön Nature Park it is part of the Rhön Biosphere Rese ...

and the

Rhön Biosphere Reserve The Rhön Biosphere Reserve includes the entire central area of the Rhön Mountains, a low mountain range in the German states of Hesse, Bavaria and Thuringia. Aim In 1991 the Rhön was recognised at international level by UNESCO as a biospher ...

. The nearest settlements are Obernhausen to the northwest and Sandberg on the southern spurs of the mountain. The Feldberg is a southwestern outpost of the mountain ridge that runs from the

Wasserkuppe The Wasserkuppe (;) is the highest mountain in the Rhön Mountains, Rhön range and the tallest elevation in the Germany, German state of Hesse, standing at above sea level. It forms a prominent plateau within the Fulda district and is known as ...

to the

Heidelstein The Heidelstein, between Bischofsheim an der Rhön in the Bavarian county of Rhön-Grabfeld and Wüstensachsen in the Hesse, Hessian county of Landkreis Fulda, Fulda, is a mountain, high, on the state border in the mountains of the High Rhön, pa ...

. The youthful

flows past below its western slopes. The section of the B 284 federal road from Gersfeld to

Wüstensachsen Ehrenberg is a municipality in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany. Geography The municipality is located in the centre of the wildlife park "Hessische Rhön" in a level of 450 up to 900 meters and approx. 30 km from Fulda. Most of its ...

runs past the Feldberg in a curve to the west and north. A walking trail managed by the

Rhön Club The Rhön Club () is an inter-state local history and rambling club in Bavaria, Hesse and Thuringia, with around 25,000 members in 88 branches and is one of the larger German rambling clubs in the Association of German Alpine and Ramblin ...

, the ''Extratour Guckaisee'', runs over the Feldberg, passing immediately south of the summit. The terrain is used for

forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources for human and Natural environment, environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and ...

and, in places, also for

pasture Pasture (from the Latin ''pastus'', past participle of ''pascere'', "to feed") is land used for grazing. Types of pasture Pasture lands in the narrow sense are enclosed tracts of farmland, grazed by domesticated livestock, such as horses, c ...

. {{DEFAULTSORT:Feldberg (Rhon) Mountains of Hesse Mountains and hills of the Rhön