Rasdorf
Rasdorf is a municipality in Fulda, Kassel, Hesse. Rasdorf is situated nearby to the locality Sissenberg, as well as near the village Setzelbach.Places of Interest
Highlights include Gehilfersberg and Observation Post Alpha.
Gehilfersberg
Peak
Photo: KlausFoehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Gehilfersberg is a hill in the Landkreis Fulda, Hesse, Germany. It is part of the Rhön hills and lies northwest of the village of Rasdorf. The basalt peak is located close to the range known as "Hessian Skittles" but there are diverging views on whether it should be counted as one of the nine hills "officially" part of the "nine pins".
Observation Post Alpha
Museum
Photo: Michael Sander, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Observation Post Alpha, OP Alpha, or Point Alpha was a Cold War observation post between Rasdorf, Hesse, West Germany and Geisa, Thuringia, East Germany.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Geisa and Schleid.
Geisa
Town
Photo: Mazbln, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Geisa is a town in the Wartburgkreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated in the Rhön Mountains, 26 km northeast of Fulda. The near border with Hesse was the border between West Germany and the GDR during the Cold War.
Schleid
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Schleid is a municipality in the Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany.
Rasdorf
- Type: Municipality with 1,570 residents
- Also known as: “06631022”
- Category: locality
- Location: Fulda, Kassel, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.712° or 50° 42′ 43″ northLongitude
9.8854° or 9° 53′ 8″ eastPopulation
1,570Elevation
333 metres (1,093 feet)Open location code
9F2FPV6P+R5OpenStreetMap ID
node 9444718119OpenStreetMap feature
place=municipalityGeoNames ID
6553253
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