Rhön Mountains
The Rhön Mountains are a group of low mountains in central Germany, located around the border area where the states of Hesse, Bavaria and Thuringia come together.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 585 metres
- Description: low mountain range in Germany
- Also known as: “Rhön”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Michael and Mathesberg.
Mathesberg
Peak
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Mathesberg is a mountain of Hesse, located in the Rhön Mountains, Germany.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birx and Sandberg.
Birx
Village
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Birx is a municipality in the district Schmalkalden-Meiningen, in Thuringia, Germany. Birx is situated 4½ km northeast of Rhön Mountains.
Sandberg
Village
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Sandberg is a village, which is situated 6 km southwest of Rhön Mountains.
Hauenstein
Locality
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Hauenstein is a locality, which is situated 7 km east of Rhön Mountains.
Rhön Mountains
- Categories: low mountain range, mountain range, and landform
- Location: Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Venetian—“Rhön Mountains” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Rhön”
- Arabic: “الرون”
- Arabic: “جبال رون”
- Arabic: “رون”
- Bavarian: “Rhön”
- Breton: “Rhön”
- Bulgarian: “Рьон”
- Cebuano: “Rhön”
- Chinese: “倫山”
- Croatian: “Rhön”
- Czech: “Rhön”
- Danish: “Rhön”
- Dutch: “Rhoen”
- Dutch: “Rhon”
- Dutch: “Rhön”
- Egyptian Arabic: “رون”
- Esperanto: “Rhön”
- Estonian: “Rhön”
- Estonian: “Rhöni mäed”
- French: “Rhoen”
- French: “Rhœn”
- French: “Rhon”
- French: “Rhön”
- Galician: “Rhön”
- German: “Rhön”
- Hebrew: “הרי רן”
- Italian: “Monti Rhön”
- Japanese: “ラーン山地”
- Japanese: “レーン山地”
- Korean: “뢴 산맥”
- Korean: “뢴산맥”
- Ladin: “Rhön”
- Lithuanian: “Reno kalnai”
- Lithuanian: “Riono kalnai”
- Low German: “Rhön”
- Lower Sorbian: “Rhön”
- Macedonian: “Рен”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rhön”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rhön”
- Norwegian: “Rhön”
- Persian: “کوههای رون”
- Persian: “کوههای روهن”
- Polish: “Rhoen”
- Polish: “Rhon”
- Polish: “Rhön”
- Portuguese: “Rhon”
- Portuguese: “Rhön”
- Romanian: “Rhon”
- Romanian: “Rhön”
- Russian: “Рён”
- Spanish: “Rhon”
- Spanish: “Rhön”
- Swedish: “Rhön”
- Swedish: “Rhönbergen”
- Venetian: “Monti Rhön”
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