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Rauhhügel
The Rauhhügel is an 812.9 m high (above sea level) mountain located in the Thuringian Highland, Thuringia (Germany). It is located close to the municipalities of Schmiedefeld and Lichte and the Leibis-Lichte Dam in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park within walking distance of the Rennsteig. The Leipzig tower on top of the Rauhhügel is 17.5 m high. It has viewing platforms on two levels, the upper at 14 m, , Olitätenland, retrieved March 26, 2011 from which in good weather one can see far into the surrounding mountains of the Thuringian Highland, the Thuringian Forest
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List Of Mountains And Elevations Of Thuringia
This list of the mountains and hills of Thuringia contains a selection of the mountains and hill A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. It often has a distinct summit. Terminology The distinction between a hill and a mountain is unclear and largely subjective, but a hill is universally considered to be not as ...s to be found in the Germany, German federal state of Thuringia. They are arranged alphabetically with their height given in metres (m) above sea level (''Normalnull''). Highest mountains and hills by region The following table lists the highest mountains and hills in each Thuringian region: All mountains and hills in Thuringia Alter Stolberg → ''see below in the section on the #Harz, Harz'' Bleicherode Hills → ''see below in the section on the #Ohm Hills, Ohm Hills'' Drei Gleichen # Wassenberg (hill), Wassenberg (Wachsenburg Castle) (421 m), Ilm district Dün # unnamed hill (522.3 m), near Keula, near ''Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thuringian Highland
The Thuringian Highland, Thuringian Highlands or Thuringian-Vogtlandian Slate MountainsKohl, Horst; Marcinek, Joachim and Nitz, Bernhard (1986). ''Geography of the German Democratic Republic'', VEB Hermann Haack, Gotha, p. 7 ff. . (german: Thüringer Schiefergebirge or ''Thüringisches Schiefergebirge'', literally "Thuringian Slate Hills") is a low range of mountains in the German state of Thuringia. Geography The Thuringian Highland borders on the Thuringian Forest to the southwest. It is a plateau about 20 km wide that slopes southeast towards the Saale valley in the area of the Saale Dam and includes parts of the Thuringian Forest and Thuringian Highland and Upper Saale Nature Park. The largest towns in the Thuringian Highland are Saalfeld and Bad Blankenburg which lie on its northern perimeter, Neuhaus am Rennweg in the highest region and Bad Lobenstein on the eastern edge (where it transitions into Franconian Forest). The area includes a total of 4 smaller regions: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lichte
220px, Wallendorfer Porcelain Manufacture, Oct. 2006 220px, Leibis-Lichte Dam, 102.5 m high Lichte is a village and a former municipality in the district of Sonneberg in Thuringia, Germany, close to the Thuringian Rennsteig. Formerly in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, it is part of the town Neuhaus am Rennweg since January 2019. Geography Lichte is located between the towns of Saalfeld (to the north), Oberhof / Ilmenau (northwest) and Sonneberg / Coburg (south) at an altitude of 600 m (NHN), in the centre of the Thuringian Highlands / Thuringian Forest Nature Park. Distinctive sign of Lichte is the railway viaduct established in 1909 (see picture right). It is a typical Thuringian Forest village, reaching far into the valleys of the Lichte River and of its tributary the Piesau. Both of these feed one of the biggest Thuringian drinking water reservoirs, Leibis-Lichte, with the Deesbach Forebay close to the northern end of the village (in Geiersthal). The Lic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spitzer Berg (Thuringian Highland)
The Spitzer Berg is a 790.3 m high (above sea level) mountain located in the Thuringian Highland, Thuringia (Germany). It is located close to the municipality of Lichte and the Leibis-Lichte Dam The Leibis-Lichte Dam (german: Talsperre Leibis –Lichte) is a dam in the German state of Thuringia in the Thuringian Highland. The dam was completed in 2005 to impound the River Lichte, between the Lichte municipality section Geiersthal and ... in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park within walking distance of the Rennsteig. See also * List of Mountains and Elevations of Thuringia {{SaalfeldRudolstadt-geo-stub Mountains of Thuringia Thuringian Forest Lichte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutzenberg (Thuringian Highland)
The Mutzenberg is a 770.0 m high (above sea level) mountain located in the Thuringian Highland, Thuringia (Germany). It is to be found close to the municipality of Lichte, and the Leibis-Lichte Dam in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park. The section of the Rennsteig walkway between Neuhaus am Rennweg Neuhaus am Rennweg is a town in the district of Sonneberg, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated in the Thuringian Forest, 17 km north of Sonneberg, and 22 km southwest of Saalfeld. The former municipalities Lichte and Piesau wer ..., Piesau, and Spechtsbrunn runs close to the mountain. See also * List of Mountains and Elevations of Thuringia {{SaalfeldRudolstadt-geo-stub Mountains of Thuringia Thuringian Forest Lichte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rennsteig
The () is a ridge walk as well as an historical boundary path in the Thuringian Forest, Thuringian Highland and Franconian Forest in Central Germany. The long-distance trail runs for about from and the valley in the northwest to and the river in the southeast. The is also the watershed between the river systems of the , Elbe and Rhine. The catchment areas of all three river systems meet at the ("Three Rivers Rock") near . Route The runs along the ridge of the Thuringian Central Uplands (') from northwest to southeast mostly at heights of around 500 to 970 metres. It starts in the town quarter of by the River (196 m above NHN) and ends in by the River (414 m above NHN). In 2003 the was re-surveyed by the Thuringian State Office for Survey and Geoinformation; they reported that it had a total length of . The marking along the trail is very good, usually indicated by a white 'R' (called '). Along the there are small, open shelters about every 5 to 10 k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fichtelgebirge
The Fichtel MountainsRandlesome, C. et al. (2011). ''Business Cultures in Europe'', 2nd ed., Routledge, Abingdon and New York, p. 52. . (german: Fichtelgebirge, cs, Smrčiny), form a small horseshoe-shaped mountain range in northeastern Bavaria, Germany. They extend from the valley of the Red Main River to the Czech border, a few foothills spilling over into the Czech Republic. They continue in a northeasterly direction as the Elster Mountains, and in a southeasterly direction as the Upper Palatine Forest. The Fichtel Mountains contain an important nature park, the Fichtel Mountain Nature Park, with an area of . Etymology The first person to write about the Fichtel Mountains, Matthias of Kemnath (actually Matthias Widmann, born 23 February 1429 in Kemnath) reported in 1476: ''Ein bergk, hoch, weitt, wolbekant ligt in Beiern, gnant der Fichtelberg'' ("A mountain, high, wide and well-known, lies in Bavaria, known as the Fichtelberg"). In descriptions of the border in 1499 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Saalfeld-Rudolstadt is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the south of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) the districts Weimarer Land, Saale-Holzland, Saale-Orla, the district Kronach in Bavaria, and the districts Sonneberg, Hildburghausen and Ilm-Kreis. History The district dates back to the ''Landratsamt'' Saalfeld, which was created in 1868, and in 1922 it was converted into the ''Landkreis''. Also in 1922 the district Rudolstadt was created, the second historical root of the district as of today. Both districts were merged in the communal reform of 1994. Geography The main rivers in the district is the Saale. The highest elevation is 827 m above sea level near Piesau, the lowest with 169 m is in the Saale river valley near Niederkrossen. Coat of arms As Saalfeld was the capital of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, the Saxon coat of arms is displayed in the top-right and bottom-left quarter of the coat of arms. The other two quarters show th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
