List of mountains and hills of Rhineland-Palatinate
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This list of mountains and hills in Rhineland-Palatinate shows a selection of high and/or well-known mountain
s and hill
s in the German
state of Rhineland-Palatinate
(in order of height). Although there is no universally agreed definition, this list treats a mountain as an elevation of 2000 feet (612 m) or higher.
Mountain
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Hill
A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. Hills often have a distinct summit, although in areas with scarp/dip topography a hill may refer to a particular section of flat terrain without a massive summit A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. Hills...
s in the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
state of Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
(in order of height). Although there is no universally agreed definition, this list treats a mountain as an elevation of 2000 feet (612 m) or higher.
Mountains
Name, Height in metres above sea level (NN), Location (district/region). Three ??? mean unknown or not yet researched; please add information!- ErbeskopfErbeskopfThe Erbeskopf in the Hunsrück in Germany is a mountain with a height of 816 m. It forms the highest point in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, as well as the highest point of German territory on the left bank of the Rhine.-External links:*...
(816 m), Bernkastel-Wittlich district, High Black Forest, HunsrückHunsrückThe Hunsrück is a low mountain range in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the river valleys of the Moselle , the Nahe , and the Rhine . The Hunsrück is continued by the Taunus mountains on the eastern side of the Rhine. In the north behind the Moselle it is continued by the Eifel... - An den Zwei Steinen (766 m), Bernkastel-Wittlich district, Idar ForestIdar ForestThe Idar Forest is part of the Hunsrück low mountain range in the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.- Geography :...
, Hunsrück - Kahlheid (766 m), Bernkastel-Wittlich district, Idar Forest, Hunsrück
- Steingerüttelkopf (757 m), Birkenfeld district, Idar Forest, Hunsrück
- Sandkopf (756 m), Trier-Saarburg district, High Black Forest, Hunsrück
- Ruppelstein (755 m), Birkenfeld district, High Black Forest, Hunsrück
- Hohe AchtHohe AchtAt , the Hohe Acht is the highest mountain in the Eifel mountains of Germany. It is located on the boundary between the districts of Ahrweiler and Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate.- Geography and geology :...
(747 m), Ahrweiler district, High Eifel, EifelEifelThe Eifel is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the south of the German-speaking Community of Belgium.... - Idarkopf (746 m), Birkenfeld district, Idar Forest, Hunsrück
- Usarkopf (724 m), Birkenfeld district, Idar Forest, Hunsrück
- Butterhecker Steinköpfe (723 m), Birkenfeld district, High Black Forest, Hunsrück
- Ringelkopf (712 m), Birkenfeld district, High Black Forest, Hunsrück
- RösterkopfRösterkopfThe Rösterkopf in the Osburger Hochwald is a mountain with a height of 708 m....
(708 m), Trier-Saarburg district, Osburger Hochwald, Hunsrück - Friedrichskopf (707 m), Birkenfeld district, Dollberge/High Black Forest, Hunsrück
- Ernstberg (Erresberg) (698,8 m), Vulkan Eifel district, High Eifel, Eifel
- Schwarzer MannSchwarzer MannSchwarzer Mann is a mountain in the western part of the Eifel which is known as Schnee Eifel. With a height of 697.3 m it is the highest peak in the Schnee Eifel and third highest in the Eifel....
(697,3 m), Bitburg-Prüm Eifel district, SchneifelSchneifelThe Schneifel is a range of low mountains in the western part of the Eifel in Germany, near the Belgian border. It runs from Brandscheid near Prüm in a northeasterly direction to Ormont....
, Eifel - Teufelskopf (695 m), Trier-Saarburg district, Irrwald/High Black Forest, Hunsrück
- Schimmelkopf (694,8 m), Merzig-Wadern district, Irrwald/High Black Forest, Hunsrück
- Mückenbornberg (691 m), Trier-Saarburg district, Irrwald/High Black Forest, Hunsrück
- SchartebergSchartebergThe Scharteberg is a mountain, high, near Kirchweiler in the district of Vulkaneifel and is one the highest peaks in the Eifel region of Germany. On the summit is the Eifel Transmitter which belongs to SWR and is used for FM radio and television....
(691 m), Vulkan Eifel district, High Eifel, Eifel - DonnersbergDonnersbergFor the Czech mountain, see MilešovkaThe Donnersberg is the highest peak of the Palatinate region of Germany. The mountain lies between the towns of Rockenhausen en Kirchheimbolanden, in the Donnersbergkreis district, which is named after the mountain. The highway A63 runs along the southern edge...
(687 m), DonnersbergkreisDonnersbergkreisThe Donnersbergkreis is a district in the middle of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Bad Kreuznach, Alzey-Worms, Bad Dürkheim, Kaiserslautern, Kusel.-History:...
, North Palatine Uplands - Prümscheid (675 m), Vulkan Eifel district, High Eifel, Eifel
- Wildenburger Kopf (674 m), Birkenfeld district, High Black Forest, Hunsrück
- Kalwith the (673 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Haardt, Palatine Forest
- Hohe Wurzel (669 m), Trier-Saarburg district, Osburg High Forest, Hunsrück
- Schöneberg (668 m), Ahrweiler district, Schneifel, Eifel
- Wehlenstein (668 m), Birkenfeld district, High Black Forest, Hunsrück
- Sandkopf (665 m), Birkenfeld district, High Black Forest, Hunsrück
- Kesselberg (663 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Haardt, Palatine Forest
- Seimersberg (663 m), Bitburg-Prüm Eifel district, Schneifel, Eifel
- Ellerspring (657 m), Bad Kreuznach district, Soonwald, Hunsrück
- Fuchskaute (657 m), Westerwald district, Hoher Westerwald, WesterwaldWesterwaldThe Westerwald is a low mountain range on the right bank of the River Rhine in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a part of the Rhine Massif...
- Stegskopf (654 m), Altenkirchen district, Westerwald
- Simmerkopf (653 m), Rhein-Hunsrück district, Soonwald, Hunsrück
- Ringkopf (650 m), Birkenfeld district, High Black Forest, Hunsrück
- Opel (649 m), Bad Kreuznach district and Landkreis Rhein-Hunsrück district, Soonwald, Hunsrück
- Hochsteinchen (648 m), Rhein-Hunsrück district, Soonwald, Hunsrück
- Nerother Kopf (647 m), Vulkan Eifel district, High Eifel, Eifel
- Mörschieder Burr] (646 m), Birkenfeld district, High Black Forest, Hunsrück
- Prümer Kopf (646 m), Bitburg-Prüm Eifel district, Schneifel, Eifel
- Schanzerkopf (643 m), Rhein-Hunsrück district, Soonwald, Hunsrück
- Kühlfelder Stein (638 m), ??? district, Westerwald
- Esselsberg (637 m), ??? district, High Eifel, Eifel
- Kandrich (637 m), Mainz-Bingen district, Bingen Forest, Hunsrück
- Katzenkopf (637 m), Rhein-Hunsrück district, Soonwald, Hunsrück
- Roßberg (637 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Haardt, Palatine Forest
- Hochberg (636 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Haardt, Palatine Forest
- Ochsenbaumer Höhe (632 m), Rhein-Hunsrück district, Soonwald, Hunsrück
- Salzkopf (628 m), Mainz-Bingen district, Bingen Forest, Hunsrück
- Aremberg (623,0 m), Ahrweiler district, Ahrgebirge, Eifel
- Silberich (623 m), Birkenfeld district, High Black Forest, Hunsrück
- Alteburg (621 m), Bad Kreuznach district, Soonwald, Hunsrück
- Vorkastell (620 m), ??? district, Dollberge/High Black Forest, Hunsrück
- Hohe Loog (619 m), town of Neustadt an der WeinstraßeNeustadt an der WeinstraßeNeustadt an der Weinstraße is a town located in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With 53,892 inhabitants as of 2002, it is the largest town called Neustadt.-Etymology:...
, Haardt, Palatine Forest - Franzosenkopf (618 m), Mainz-Bingen district, Bingen Forest, Hunsrück
- Blättersberg with the Ludwigs Tower (617,5 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Haardt, Palatine Forest
- Schafkopf (617 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Palatine Forest
- Höchstberg (616 m), ??? district, Vulkaneifel, Eifel
- Auf der Wurst (615 m), ??? district, Schneifel, Eifel
- Alsberg (613 m), Westerwald district, Westerwald
- Steigerkopf (auch: Schänzel) with the Schänzel Tower (613 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Palatine Forest
Hills
- Dreiser Höhe (611 m), ??? district, High Eifel, Eifel
- Blattersberg (609 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Palatine Forest
- Eschkopf (609 m), Südwestpfalz district, Palatine Forest
- Mosisberg (609 m), Südwestpfalz district, Palatine Forest
- Morschenberg (608 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Haardt, Palatine Forest
- Rothsohlberg (607 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Haardt, Palatine Forest
- Steffelnkopf (607 m), ??? district, Schneifel, Eifel
- Weißenberg (607 m), Südwestpfalz district, Palatine Forest
- Hortenkopf (606 m), Südwestpfalz district, Palatine Forest
- Taubenkopf (604 m), town of Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Haardt, Palatine Forest
- Heimerich (601 m), ??? district, Westerwald
- Teufelsberg (598 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Haardt, Palatine Forest
- Hardtkopf (597 m), Bitburg-Prüm Eifel district, South EifelSouth EifelThe South Eifel refers to that part of the Eifel mountain region around the Bitburg-Prüm district in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate....
, Eifel - Womrather Höhe (597 m), Rhein-Hunsrück district, Lützelsoon, Hunsrück
- Hochsimmer (587,9 m), Mayen-Koblenz district, High Eifel
- Herzerberg (585 m), Kusel district, North Palatine Uplands
- Orensberg (581 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Haardt, Palatine Forest
- Drachenfels (577 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Palatine Forest
- Rehberg (577 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Haardt, Palatine Forest
- Stolzberg (572 m), Kusel district, North Palatine Uplands
- Schindhübel (571 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Palatine Forest
- Bloskülb (570 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Palatine Forest
- Großer Adelberg (569 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Palatine Forest
- Brogberg (567 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Palatine Forest
- Hoher Stoppelkopf (567 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Palatine Forest
- Königsberg (567 m), Kusel district, North Palatine Uplands
- Almersberg (564 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Palatine Forest
- Potzberg (562 m), Kusel district, North Palatine Uplands
- Steinberger Ley] (558 m), ??? district, Vulkaneifel, Eifel
- Hohenberg (556 m), Südliche Weinstraße district, Haardt, Palatine Forest
- Rockeskyller Kopf (555 m), Vulkan Eifel district, Vulkaneifel
- Weinbiet (553 m), town of Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Haardt, Palatine Forest
- Koppensteiner Höhe (551 m), Rhein-Hunsrück district, Soonwald, Hunsrück
- Hoher List (549 m), Vulkan Eifel district, Vulkaneifel, Eifel
- Selberg (546 m), Kusel district, North Palatine Uplands
- Montabaurer Höhe (545 m), Westerwald district, Westerwald
- KöppelKoppelKoppel, Koppell, or Kopel may refer to:-People:* Andrea Koppel , American political and Chinese topical journalist, daughter of Ted and Grace Anne* David Koppel, British photographer...
(540 m), Westerwald district, Westerwald - Herrmannsberg (536 m), Kusel district, North Palatine Uplands
- Hohenseelbachskopf (530 m),??? district, Westerwald
- Bornberg (Palatinate) (520 m), Kusel district, North Palatine Uplands
- Rahnfels (517 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Haardt, Palatine Forest
- Eckkopf (516 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Palatine Forest
- Hochthürmerberg (499,8 m), Euskirchen district, Ahrgebirge
- Stabenberg (496 m), town of Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Haardt, Palatine Forest
- Goßberg (Hunsrück) (494 m), Rhein-Hunsrück district district
- Peterskopf (487 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Haardt, Palatine Forest
- Weilerskopf (470 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Haardt, Palatine Forest
- Asberg (441 m), Neuwied district, Unkel
- Spitzkopf (429 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Palatine Forest
- Dernbacher Kopf (427 m), Neuwied district, Dernbach (near Dierdorf)
- Meerberg (422 m), Neuwied district, Linz
- Lemberg (422 m), Bad Kreuznach district, Naheland
- Hochberg (421 m), Südwestpfalz district, Wasgau, Palatine Forest
- Heidenberg with the Buchkammerfels (420 m), Südwestpfalz district, Wasgau, Palatine Forest
- Minderberg (417 m), Neuwied district, Linz
- Heiße Bäumchen (410 m), Bad Ems district, Dachsenhausen
- Mainzer Berg (Palatinate) (403 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Palatine Forest
- Beulskopf (388 m), Altenkirchen district, WesterwaldWesterwaldThe Westerwald is a low mountain range on the right bank of the River Rhine in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a part of the Rhine Massif...
- Kühkopf (382 m), town of KoblenzKoblenzKoblenz is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck and its monument are situated.As Koblenz was one of the military posts established by Drusus about 8 BC, the...
, Hunsrück - Remigiusberg (368 m), Kusel district, North Palatine Uplands
- Liescher Berg (347 m), Trier-Saarburg district, Saargau
- Teufelsstein (317 m), Bad Dürkheim district, Haardt, Palatine Forest
- Mont Royal (305 m), Bernkastel-Wittlich district, Kondelwald
- Kleine Kalwith the (270 m), Südliche Weinstraße district/Landau in der Palatinate
- Zotzenheimer Horn with the Napoleonshöhe (270 m), Mainz-Bingen district
- Petersberg (246 m), Alzey-Worms district, Rheinhessen
- Ehrenbreitstein (118 m), town of Koblenz