The Auersberg is a mountain, , in the
Rhön, that rises immediately north of
Hilders
Hilders is a municipality in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany. To the north rises the mountain of Auersberg
Auersberg is a mountain in the Ore Mountains in Saxony, southeastern Germany. Auersberg is above sea level. It is located in ...
. East of the wooded peak lies
Simmershausen, a village in the municipality of Hilders, and to the north is
Lahrbach, in the municipality of
Tann (Rhön)
Tann () is a town in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated in the Rhön Mountains, 27 km northeast of Fulda. It is an accredited Spa town at the Ulster River.
Mayors
* Karl Hilgen (SPD) till 1983
* Wolfgang Schwake (CDU) ...
. On the southwestern slopes of the mountain are the ruins of
Auersburg Castle. Like the western side of the peak these are on the Main-Werra Way, a tourist path 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
Ulster
Ulster (; or ; or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional or historic provinces of Ireland, Irish provinces. It is made up of nine Counties of Ireland, counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom); t ...
flows past the Auersberg just to the west. The Auersberg near Hilders should not be confused with the
Großer and
Kleiner Auersberg
The Kleiner Auersberg is a mountain, , in the Bavarian part of the Rhön mountains. It is situated five kilometres southwest of the centre of Wildflecken in the county of Bad Kissingen on the watershed between the Sinn and Kleiner Sinn.
The Kl ...
near
Wildflecken
Wildflecken is a municipality in the Bad Kissingen district, at the border of northwestern Bavaria and southern Hesse. In 2022, its population was 2,935; the postal code is 97772 (US Forces used APO NY 09026 until July 15, 1991, when APO/FPO/DPO ...
in the Bavarian part of the Rhön.
See also
*
List of mountains and hills of the Rhön
This is a list of mountains and hills of the Rhön, a low mountain range in the Central Uplands of Germany that straddles the three federal states of Bavaria, Hesse and Thuringia. This list includes summits within the Rhön Mountains and its foo ...
References
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Mountains under 1000 metres
Mountains of Hesse
Mountains and hills of the Rhön