Rhenish-Hessian Hills

One of the four hills in Rhenish Hesse, the

The Rhenish-Hessian Hills (German: Rheinhessisches Hügelland), also called the "Land of the Thousand Hills" (Land der 1000 Hügel), refers to that part of Rhenish Hesse within the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It lies within the counties of Alzey-Worms and Mainz-Bingen, and covers the same area as the natural region known as the Rhenish Hesse Tableland and Hill Country (Rheinhessisches Tafel- und Hügelland). It covers an area of around 1,400 km².

Hills[]

The hills and spurs of the Rhenish-Hessian Hills include – with heights in metres (m) above sea level (NHN):^[1]

Kappelberg (357.6 m), in the Vorholz woodlands between Bechenheim, Orbis and Oberwiesen near the border with the Palatinate
(320.3 m), near Fürfeld
(293,4 m), near Hochborn and Dittelsheim-Heßloch
(285.2 m), with (275,3), south of Alzey
(273.8 m), between Dromersheim, Laurenziberg and Ockenheim, with the Jakobsberg Priory
(273.3 m), near Framersheim
Napoleonshöhe (271.4 m), near Sprendlingen and Zotzenheim, with subpeak (247.5 m)
(271.0 m), in Rhenish-Hessian Switzerland between Siefersheim and Neu-Bamberg, with subpeak (248.5 m)
(270.2 m), between Gau-Bickelheim and Sankt Johann, with golf course
(262.2 m), northwest of Spiesheim
Teufelsrutsch (ca. 260 m), southwest of Wendelsheim, west of Nack
(249.1 m), southeast of Ingelheim am Rhein and east-northeast of Großwinternheim
(247.5 m), zwischen , Nieder-Olm and Zornheim
(247.5 m) with on the Waldeck (ca. 212 m), near Ingelheim am Rhein
(245.6 m), between Gau-Odernheim and Bechtolsheim
(244.9 m), between Bingen am Rhein and Büdesheim, with the Rochuskapelle and (ca. 242 m) and Scharlachkopf (226.9 m)
(242.9 m), between and Nieder-Olm
(200.4 m), near Wackernheim
(237.1 m), between Selzen and Sörgenloch
Lerchenberg (max. 233,8 m), east-northeastern flank of the Mainzer Berg in Mainz with (ca. 205 m)
(209,8 m), near Sulzheim

References[]

^ Map service of the Landscape Information System of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Office (Naturschutzverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz)

External links[]

Der versteckte "Gipfel-Stein" – Der Kappelberg im Vorholz ist mit 358 Metern der höchste Berg in Rheinhessen, im main-rheiner, vom 17. März 2007
61 lange Kilometer bis zur Rheinmündung… – Selz ist der längste Bach in Rheinhessen, im main-rheiner, vom 20. Februar 2007

Coordinates: 49°45′00″N 8°07′12″E / 49.7500°N 8.1200°E / 49.7500; 8.1200

[RP-LANDIS-1] Map service of the Landscape Information System of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Office (Naturschutzverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz)

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