Rhenish-Hessian Hills

One of the four hills in Rhenish Hesse, the Petersberg

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
• Eichelberg (320.3 m), near Fürfeld
• Kloppberg (293,4 m), near Hochborn and Dittelsheim-Heßloch
• Wartberg (285.2 m), with Alzey Wartberg Tower (275,3), south of Alzey
• Jakobsberg (273.8 m), between Dromersheim, Laurenziberg and Ockenheim, with the Jakobsberg Priory
• Hornberg (273.3 m), near Framersheim
• Napoleonshöhe (271.4 m), near Sprendlingen and Zotzenheim, with subpeak Zotzenheimer Horn (247.5 m)
• Horn (271.0 m), in Rhenish-Hessian Switzerland between Siefersheim and Neu-Bamberg, with subpeak Mühlberg (248.5 m)
• Wißberg (270.2 m), between Gau-Bickelheim and Sankt Johann, with golf course
• Michaelsberg (262.2 m), northwest of Spiesheim
• Teufelsrutsch (ca. 260 m), southwest of Wendelsheim, west of Nack
• Mainzer Berg (249.1 m), southeast of Ingelheim am Rhein and east-northeast of Großwinternheim
• Auf der Muhl (247.5 m), zwischen Mainz-Ebersheim, Nieder-Olm and Zornheim
• Westerberg (247.5 m) with Ingelheim's Bismarck Tower on the Waldeck (ca. 212 m), near Ingelheim am Rhein
• Petersberg (245.6 m), between Gau-Odernheim and Bechtolsheim
• Rochusberg (244.9 m), between Bingen am Rhein and Büdesheim, with the Rochuskapelle and Emperor Frederick Tower (ca. 242 m) and Scharlachkopf (226.9 m)
• Mühlberg (242.9 m), between Mainz-Ebersheim and Nieder-Olm
• Rabenkopf (Rhenish Hesse) (200.4 m), near Wackernheim
• Selzer Berg (237.1 m), between Selzen and Sörgenloch
• Lerchenberg (max. 233,8 m), east-northeastern flank of the Mainzer Berg in Mainz with ZDF transmitter (ca. 205 m)
• Schildberg (209,8 m), near Sulzheim

References

1. 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