The Rhenish-Hessian Hills (), also called the "Land of the Thousand Hills" (''Land der 1000 Hügel''), refers to that part of

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within the German state of

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. It lies within the counties of

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and

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, and covers the same area as the natural region known as the Rhenish Hesse Tableland and Hill Country (''Rheinhessisches Tafel- und Hügelland''). It covers an area of around 1,400 km².

Hills

The hills and spurs of the Rhenish-Hessian Hills include – with heights in

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s (m) above sea level (NHN): * Kappelberg (357.6 m), in the Vorholz woodlands between Bechenheim, Orbis and Oberwiesen near the border with the Palatinate * Eichelberg (320.3 m), near

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* Kloppberg (293,4 m), near Hochborn and Dittelsheim-Heßloch * Wartberg (285.2 m), with Alzey Wartberg Tower (275,3), south of Alzey *

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(273.8 m), between Dromersheim, Laurenziberg and Ockenheim, with the Jakobsberg Priory *

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(273.3 m), near Framersheim * ''Napoleonshöhe'' (271.4 m), near Sprendlingen and Zotzenheim, with subpeak Zotzenheimer Horn (247.5 m) *

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(271.0 m), in Rhenish-Hessian Switzerland between Siefersheim and

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, with subpeak Mühlberg (248.5 m) * Wißberg (270.2 m), between Gau-Bickelheim and Sankt Johann, with golf course * Michaelsberg (262.2 m), northwest of

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* Teufelsrutsch (ca. 260 m), southwest of Wendelsheim, west of Nack * Mainzer Berg (249.1 m), southeast of Ingelheim am Rhein and east-northeast of Großwinternheim * Auf der Muhl (247.5 m), zwischen Mainz-Ebersheim, Nieder-Olm and Zornheim * Westerberg (247.5 m) with Ingelheim's Bismarck Tower on the ''Waldeck'' (ca. 212 m), near Ingelheim am Rhein *

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(245.6 m), between Gau-Odernheim and Bechtolsheim * Rochusberg (244.9 m), between Bingen am Rhein and Büdesheim, with the Rochuskapelle and Emperor Frederick Tower (ca. 242 m) and ''Scharlachkopf'' (226.9 m) * Mühlberg (242.9 m), between Mainz-Ebersheim and Nieder-Olm * Rabenkopf (Rhenish Hesse) (200.4 m), near

Wackernheim Wackernheim is a former ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Since July 2019, it is part of the town Ingelhei ...

* Selzer Berg (237.1 m), between

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and Sörgenloch * Lerchenberg (max. 233,8 m), east-northeastern flank of the Mainzer Berg in Mainz with ZDF transmitter (ca. 205 m) * Schildberg (209,8 m), near Sulzheim

References

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''Der versteckte "Gipfel-Stein" – Der Kappelberg im Vorholz ist mit 358 Metern der höchste Berg in Rheinhessen''
im main-rheiner, vom 17. März 2007
''61 lange Kilometer bis zur Rheinmündung… – Selz ist der längste Bach in Rheinhessen''
im main-rheiner, vom 20. Februar 2007 {{coord, 49.7500, N, 8.1200, E, source:wikidata, display=title Rhenish Hesse Landscapes of Rhineland-Palatinate