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The Ellenbogen is an 814-metre high extinct
The Ellenbogen rises between the villages of
volcano
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in the Thuringia
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Erfurt is the capital and lar ...
n Rhön in the district of Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Schmalkalden-Meiningen is a ''Landkreis'' in the southwest of Thuringia, Germany. Its neighboring districts are (from the northwest clockwise) the districts Wartburgkreis, Gotha, Ilm-Kreis, the district-free city Suhl, the district Hildburghausen, ...
, Thuringia
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Erfurt is the capital and lar ...
, Germany
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.
Location
The Ellenbogen rises between the villages of Oberweid
Oberweid is a municipality in the district Schmalkalden-Meiningen, in Thuringia, Germany
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, Frankenheim
Frankenheim is a municipality in the district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen, in Thuringia, Germany
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and Reichenhausen in the Rhön Biosphere Reserve
The Rhön Biosphere Reserve includes the entire central area of the Rhön Mountains, a low mountain range in the German states of Hesse, Bavaria and Thuringia.
Aim
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, and belongs to the municipality of Oberweid
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. As with most of the Rhön Mountains its summit is more of a gently curving plateau. Near its highest point are the dwellings of ''Eisenacher Haus'' and ''Thüringer Rhönhaus''. From the hill summit there is a good view over the ''Hohe Rhön'' ("High Rhön"), the Milseburg and the Wasserkuppe
The is a mountain within the Germany, German state of Hesse. It is a large plateau formation at an elevation of and is the highest peak in the Rhön Mountains. Great advances in sailplane development took place on the mountain during the Aviat ...
, the latter being the highest mountain in the range. One and a half kilometres south of the Ellenbogen, the Ellenbogen Plateau climbs to a small rise that is 2 metres higher than the official summit. This rise is the 815.5 m high ''Schnitzersberg'', which is the highest mountain in the Thuringian Rhön. In spite of that some maps give the height of the Ellenbogen as 816 metres as well.
See also
*Rhön Mountains
The Rhön Mountains () are a group of low mountains (or '' Mittelgebirge'') in central Germany, located around the border area where the states of Hesse, Bavaria and Thuringia come together. These mountains, which are at the extreme southeast end ...
* List of mountains and hills of the Rhön
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Sources
* Rhönklub e.V. (publ.), ''Durch die Rhön'', 2001, Verlag Parzeller Fulda, , pp. 102 ff * Rhönklub e.V. (publ.), ''Schneiders Rhönführer'', 2005, Verlag Parzeller Fulda, , p. 273 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ellenbogen (Rhon) Volcanoes of Germany Extinct volcanoes of Europe Mountains of Thuringia Mountains and hills of the Rhön