German low mountain range - Deutsche Mittelgebirge

The German low mountain range includes the mountain regions in Germany except for the Alps.

Dreisesselberg im Bavarian forest

Black Forest romance - view from the Feldberg plateau on the Seebuck to the Feldsee

Saxon Switzerland in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains: View from the Bastei into the Wehl- and Amselgrund

Rhön landscape at Fir - The land of the open distance

Steigerwald - View of the Stollberg in Handthal

The mountain regions

in alphabetical order:

• Ardey Mountains - smaller mountainous region on the Ruhr.

• Arnsberg Forest - Wooded mountainous region in the northern Sauerland. The landmark is the Lörmecke Tower, built in 2008.

• Bavarian forest - National park and one of the largest contiguous forest areas in Europe.

• Burgwald - Smaller low mountain range north of Marburg

• Calenberger Bergland - to be found northeast of the Weser in southern Lower Saxony

• Thunder Mountain - highest mountain range in the Palatinate.

• Ebbe Mountains - (Ebbegebirge Nature Park)

• Ederbergland - Located in the area of ​​the Upper Lahn and Upper Eder in Hesse. A regionally known destination is the 674 m high Bagpipe.

• Elm - Ridge east of Braunschweig

• Eifel - Basalt, maars and volcanism

• Elbe Sandstone Mountains With Bohemian Switzerland and Saxon Switzerland, Climbing area made of sandstone rocks.

• Ore Mountains - Nature reserves and mining in the Middle Ages.

• Egge Mountains

• Elster Mountains

• Fichtel Mountains - Forests with many springs on the Obermain.

• Franconian Alb With Franconian Switzerland, also Franconian Jura or Franconian Jura, climbing region made of limestone rocks, known and popular Franconian beer

• Franconian Forest - Natural park, forest and hiking.

• Swiss franc amount - Nature park with a very varied landscape

• Habichtswald - small low mountain range near Kassel with the famous Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe.

• resin - deep forests, the famous one towers over everything Chunks.

• Hainich - A mountain range crowned by a wide beech forest east of the Werra in northern Thuringia. The area of ​​the same name is also located in the area National park.

• Hainleite

• High Meissner - high mountain range in northern Hesse. Allegedly the home of Mrs. Holle.

• Hatred Mountains - Castle ruins and medieval half-timbered towns;

• Hunsrück

• Kaiserstuhl, Volcano and viticulture in the Upper Rhine lowlands.

• Kaufunger Forest

• Kellerwald

• Crunch

• Kyffhauser, Geopark, Karst and ruins of the Reichsburg Kyffhausen.

• Lahn-Dill-Bergland - to be found west of Marburg in Central Hesse

• Lusatian highlands

• Lipper mountain country - located west of the Weser

• North Palatinate Uplands - to be found between the Nahe valley and Kaiserslautern.

• Odenwald - Nature park, according to legend, a scene of Siegfried and the Nibelungs.

• Upper Palatinate Forest, promising mountains, castles and ruins,

• Ohm Mountains - small mountain range in the Eichsfeld.

• Palatinate Forest, the largest contiguous forest area in Germany.

• Reinhardswald - known for the Sababurg primeval forest and the Sababurg Sleeping Beauty Castle.

• Rhenish Slate Mountains

• Rhön: Biosphere reserve, volcanism and panoramic plateaus;

• Rothaar Mountains

• Swabian Alb: Geopark, biosphere reserve and karst area;

• Swabian-Franconian Forest

• Black Forest

• Siebengebirge near Bonn with the largest contiguous nature reserve in North Rhine-Westphalia.

• Spessart - legendary oak forest in the Main square. A well-known gem is the Mespelbrunn moated castle.

• Steigerwald - Franconian wine and beech forests.

• Stölzinger Mountains - unknown mountain country largely off the beaten track in northern Hesse.

• Solling

• Söhre - smaller mountainous region southeast of Kassel

• Taunus

• Teutoburg Forest

• Thuringian Forest - Hiking not only on the Rennsteig, winter sports and the forest

• Thuringian Slate Mountains

• Vogelsberg - a large volcano in Hessen

• Westerwald

• Weser Uplands - named after the Weser. The Weserbergland is used as a geographical and tourist collective term for various mountain ranges in the region.

• Weser Mountains - Long stretch of ridge that closes the Weser Uplands east of the Weser to the north German lowlands.

• Wiehengebirge - Long stretch of ridge west of the Weser, which closes the German low mountain range threshold to the north German lowlands.

• Zittau Mountains

background

A low mountain range is a mountain range that is smaller than a high mountain range. The high mountain range begins in Central European climate zones from around 1200 to 2000 meters and is thus well above the highest peaks of most of the German low mountain ranges (only the Chunks in the Harz "scratches the tree line"). As a low mountain range, it must also stand out from the hill country, there must be a height difference of a few hundred meters between the highest elevation and the foot of the mountain in order to protrude from the surrounding area.

activities

hike

Nationally known hiking trails in the German low mountain range:

• Rheinsteig
• Rennsteig

The following article deals with the long-distance hiking network in Northern Hesse:

• Hiking routes in North Hesse and the surrounding area

Winter sports

• Winter sports in the Rhön
• Winter sports in the Harz

literature

Web links

• Bundesverband Deutsche Mittelgebirge e.V.

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