Long Rhön
The Long Rhön () is a ridge in the Central Rhön which forms part of the High Rhön within the Rhön Mountains. The Long Rhön is an elongated basalt plateau in the centre, roughly 800 metres above sea level, which is only occasional interrupted by mountain peaks. Its highest mountain is the Heidelstein (). A majority of the area is part of the Long Rhön Nature Reserve. In this area of the Rhön is the Black Moor. Natural region grouping The Long Rhön was first defined in 1968 as part of the natural region classification ( M = 1:200,000) as a natural region and grouped as follows: *(to 35 East Hessian Highlands) **(to 354 High Rhön) ***(to 354.1 Central Rhön) ****354.11 Long Rhön Boundaries The boundary of the Long Rhön in the west along the Ulster valley may be taken from Hilders to its source roughly on the 600-metre-contour. The B 278 and an imaginary line several hundred metres west to roughly the height of the Rhönhaus separates it from the Wasserkup ...
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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, part of the German Central Upland range of Rhön. Its actual summit is in Bavaria. Sometimes its main peak is also called Schwabenhimmel. On the Heidelstein are the Heidelstein Transmitter and a memorial of the Rhön Club. On the northwestern slopes is the source of the River Ulster (Werra), Ulster and on the western mountainside is the Rotes Moor Cross Country Skiing Centre. References Mountains under 1000 metres Mountains of Bavaria Mountains and hills of the Rhön {{Bavaria-geo-stub ...
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