| Upper Palatine Hills (Oberpfälzisches Hügelland) | |
| State: | Upper Palatinate, Upper Franconia, Bavaria |
| Parent: | Upper Palatine-Upper Main Hills |
| Geology: | various, mostly Rotliegendes or bunter sandstone |
| Period: | c. 6 million years |
| Area Km2: | 2004.9 |
| Length Km: | 100 |
| Range Coordinates: | 49.4444°N 11.8483°W |
The Upper Palatine Hills (German: Oberpfälzisches Hügelland, also Oberpfälzisches Hügel- und Bergland or Oberpfälzer Bruchschollenland) is a Hercynian range of rolling hills (Hügelland) and valleys running from the Upper Palatine-Bavarian Forest in the (north-)east and the Franconian Jura in the (south-)west. It lies mostly within the Bavarian province of Upper Palatinate, hence the name. The range, which is oriented northwest to southeast, is about 100 kilometres long, but only between 7 and 35 kilometres wide and covers and area of 2,000 km2. The best known settlements are (from northwest to southeast) Weiden (Ostrand), Amberg and Schwandorf.