The Southern High Rhön (, also ''Südliche Hohe Rhön''Environmental Atlas of Hesse (''Umweltatlas Hessen'')) is a

natural region A natural region (landscape unit) is a basic geographic unit. Usually, it is a region which is distinguished by its common natural features of geography, geology, and climate. From the ecological point of view, the naturally occurring flora and ...

of the 5th level which, together with the

Central Rhön The Central Rhön () is a 5th level natural region which, together with the Southern High Rhön, forms the High Rhön. The region has several mountains over 900 metres high, including: the Wasserkuppe (950.0 m) and Heidelstein (926 m). O ...

, forms the region called the High Rhön. This low mountainous region has several peaks over 900 metres high, including the

Dammersfeldkuppe At the Dammersfeldkuppe in Bavaria is the second highest mountain after the Wasserkuppe (; Hessen) in the Rhön, a low mountain range straddling the states of Bavaria, Hesse and Thuringia in Germany. Location The Dammersfeldkuppe is situated ...

(927.9 m), the

Kreuzberg Kreuzberg () is a district of Berlin, Germany. It is part of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough located south of Berlin-Mitte, Mitte. During the Cold War era, it was one of the poorest areas of West Berlin, but since German reunification in ...

(927.8 m) and the Eierhauckberg (909.9 m)

Natural regions

The Southern High Rhön was first defined in 1968 as a natural region as part of the natural regional classification of Germany at a map scale of 1:200,000 (Sheet 140 Schweinfurt) and is grouped and divided as follows:Brigitte Schwenzer:'' Geographische Landesaufnahme: the natural region units on Sheet 140 Schweinfurt'' - Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Bad Godesberg, 1968 �
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East Hesse Highlands The East Hesse Highlands () describes a heavily wooded range of hills lying mainly in the German state of Hesse, but also extending a little way into Lower Saxony to the north, Thuringia to the east and Bavaria to the southeast. The region is sandwi ...

)'' **''(part of no. 354 High Rhön)'' *** 354.0 Southern High Rhön ****354.00 Dammersfeld Ridge (in the north and west of the area) ****354.01 Black Mountains (in the south of the area) ****354.02 Kreuzberg Group (in the east of the area) Winter in der Südlichen Hochrhön.jpg, View over the Southern High Rhön from the Himmeldunkberg

Boundaries

In the east the area borders on the Eastern South Rhön, in the southeast on the Hammelburg South Rhön, both parts of the South Rhön and the major region (3rd level) of the Odenwald, Spessart and South Rhön within the

South German Scarplands The South German Scarplands is a geological and geomorphological natural region or landscape in Switzerland and the south German states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. The landscape is characterised by escarpments. Name It is variously referre ...

(2nd level). In the west there are areas of the Western and Eastern Kuppenrhön, which is part of the Anterior and Kuppenrhön. In the north is the

, also part of the High Rhön. Together with the Anterior and Kuppenrhön, the High Rhön is part of the East Hesse Highlands.

Natural region

From Heidelstein two mountain ridges radiate south and southwest, separated by the Sinn. The southwesternmost is the Dammersfeld Ridge, which forms a contiguous and predominantly

basalt Basalt (; ) is an aphanite, aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the planetary surface, surface of a terrestrial ...

ic unit. The ridge radiating southwards is divided into the more northerly Kreuzberg Group and the more southerly Black Mountains.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Southern High Rhon Mountain ranges of Bavaria Mountain ranges of Hesse Rhön Mountains Natural regions of the East Hesse Highlands Rhön-Grabfeld Bad Kissingen (district) Fulda (district)