Dammersfeld Ridge
Highest point
PeakDammersfeldkuppe
Elevation927.9 m above NHN
Geography
Dammersfeld Ridge is located in Bavaria
Dammersfeld Ridge
Dammersfeld Ridge is located in Hesse
Dammersfeld Ridge
StateCounties of Bad Kissingen and Rhön-Grabfeld, Bavaria, and county of Fulda, Hesse,  Germany
Range coordinates50°23′49″N 9°51′44″E / 50.3969°N 9.8621°E / 50.3969; 9.8621
Parent rangeSouthern High Rhön, High Rhön, Rhön

The Dammersfeld Ridge (German: Dammersfeldrücken) is a low mountain chain in the High Rhön in Germany, which begins on a line from Bischofsheim to Gersfeld and runs in a southwesterly direction to Riedenberg – Werberg – Maria Ehrenberg. The majority of this area today is a military out-of-bounds area, the Wildflecken Training Area. Its highest point is the Dammersfeldkuppe, the second-highest mountain in the Rhön. The Bavarian-Hessian state border runs along the crest of the mountain chain.

Natural regions

The Dammersfeld Ridge 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 it is grouped as follows:[1]

Mountains

  • Dammersfeldkuppe (927.9 m (3,044 ft); northwest of Wildflecken, in the southwest of the area)
    • Dreifeldskuppe (832 m (2,730 ft), west-northwest summit)
    • Ottersteine (821 m (2,694 ft), northern summit)
      • Bremerkopf 797 m (2,615 ft)
    • Dalherdakuppe (801 m (2,628 ft), north-northwestern summit)
  • Eierhauckberg (910 m (2,990 ft))
    • Beilstein (865 m (2,838 ft); west-southwestern summit)
  • Hohe Hölle (894 m (2,933 ft))
    • Himmeldunkberg (888 m (2,913 ft), southern summit)
    • Teufelsberg (844 m (2,769 ft), southwestern summit)
  • Mittelberg (880 m (2,890 ft); almost a northeastern spur of the Eierhauckberg)
    • Schachen (857 m (2,812 ft); eastern summit)
    • Rommerser Berg (850 m (2,790 ft); northern summit)
    • Zornberg (838 m (2,749 ft), southern summit)
  • Rückberg (870 m (2,850 ft), almost a southern spur of the Dammersfeldkuppe)
  • Reesberg (851 m (2,792 ft))
  • Simmelsberg (843 m (2,766 ft), with the Simmelsberg winter sports area)
  • Großer Auersberg (809 m (2,654 ft))
  • Kleiner Auersberg (808 m (2,651 ft))
  • Ehrenberg 674 m (2,211 ft)

References

  1. Brigitte Schwenzer: Geographische Landesaufnahme: Die naturräumlichen Einheiten auf Blatt 140 Schweinfurt - Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Bad Godesberg 1968 → Online-Karte (PDF, 4 MB)
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