List of mountains and hills of Hesse explained

This list of mountains and hills of Hesse contains a selection of the significant mountain and hills located in the German federal state of Hesse sorted in each case by their height in metres above sea level (Normalhöhennull or NHN).

Highest mountains in Hesse’s provinces

The following table shows the highest mountain in each of the three Hessian provinces or Regierungsbezirke.

Clicking on the word "List" in the Lists column, takes you to a list of other mountains and hills in the selected region (some of which extend beyond the borders of Hesse). The table is sorted by height, but may be resorted by clicking on the symbol in the appropriate column header.

Highest mountain Height
(m)
Region Lists
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--HE--> Province
(Regierungsbezirk)
Wasserkuppe 950.0 Rhön Kassel
Großer Feldberg 881.5 Taunus Darmstadt
Taufstein 773.0 Vogelsberg Gießen

Highest mountains and hills in Hesse’s landscapes and natural regions

The following table lists the highest mountains and hills of the various Hessian landscape and natural regions.

In the Landscape column the major Central Upland ranges and landscapes are listed in bold; the smaller, local subranges or basins (with prominent island-like hills) are listed in italics. Clicking on the word “List” in the Lists column, takes you to a list of other mountains and hills in the respective landscape or region. By clicking on MU in the column you will be taken to the article on the natural regional Major unit to which the landscape belongs.

The table is sorted by height but may be resorted by clicking on the symbols in the relevant column header.

Mountain / Hill Height
(m)
Landscape Lists District (county)/
(or states)
Wasserkuppe 950.0 Rhön Fulda
Großer Feldberg 881.5 Taunus High Taunus
Langenberg 843.2 Rothaar Mountains
(Upland (Hesse))
List
(List)
333
333
Waldeck-Frankenberg
(Hessen)
Hochsauerland
(North Rhine-Westphalia)
Taufstein 773.0 Vogelsberg Vogelsberg
Kasseler Kuppe 753.6 Hoher Meißner,
Fulda-Werra Uplands
Werra-Meißner
Wüstegarten 675.3 Kellerwald Schwalm-Eder
Waldeck-Frankenberg
Sackpfeife 673.5 Hessian Hinterland
(Rothaar Mountains)
---
(List)
Waldeck-Frankenberg
Marburg-Biedenkopf
Hirschberg 643.4 Söhre,
Fulda-Werra Uplands
(part of the Kaufungen Forest)
List
(List)
357
357
Werra-Meißner
Höllberg 642.8 Westerwald Lahn-Dill
Bilstein 641.2 Kaufungen Forest,
Fulda-Werra Uplands
(except the Söhre)
List
(List)
357
357
Werra-Meißner
Eisenberg 635.5 Knüll Hersfeld-Rotenburg
Hohes Gras 614.8 Habichtswald Uplands
(or Hoher Habichtswald)
List
List
342
(342)
Kassel (kreisfreie Stadt)
Lkr. Kassel
Angelburg 609.4 Gladenbach Uplands Lahn-Dill
Neunkircher Höhe 605.0 Odenwald Darmstadt-Dieburg
Großer Bärenberg 600.7 Kassel
Rimberg 591.8 Fulda-Haune Tableland Hersfeld-Rotenburg
Eisberg 583.0 Werra-Meißner
Hoher Dörnberg 578.7 Kassel
569.0 Werra-Meißner
Hermannskoppe 567.1 Spessart Main-Kinzig
(Hessen)
Main-Spessart
(Bayern)
Himmelsberg 563.7 Werra-Meißner
Schwengeberg 556.7 Schwalm-Eder
Monte Kali 530 Hersfeld-Rotenburg
Fuldaer Wäldchen 529.2 Fulda
Isthaberg 523.1 Ostwaldecker Randsenken Kassel
Melibokus 517.0 Kreis Bergstraße
514.8 Werra-Meißner
Burgberg 499.9 Kassel
Dünsberg 497.7 Südl. Gladenbach Uplands Gießen
Rimberg 497.1 Marburg-Biedenkopf
492.3 Kassel
Herzberg 478.2 Hersfeld-Rotenburg
Hundsrück 477.5 Werra-Meißner
Schweinskopf (Hinterland) 473 Marburg-Biedenkopf
Staufenberg 472.2 Reinhardswald Kassel
Escheberg 448.9 Kassel
443.1 Waldeck-Frankenberg
Hammelsberg 415.6 --- Main-Kinzig
Mardorfer Kuppe 406.8 Marburg-Biedenkopf
Ortenberg 379.4 Marburg-Biedenkopf
Vogelheerd 369.8 Marburg-Biedenkopf
Amöneburg 363.0 Amöneburg Basin --- Marburg-Biedenkopf

Mountains and hills across the whole of Hesse

Name, Height, Location (district/county, landscape/region)

See also