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Central Uplands

The Central Uplands is one of the three major natural regions of Germany. It stretches east to west across the country. To the north lies the North German Plain or Northern Lowland; to the south, the and the Alpine Foreland.
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Photo: Wladyslaw Sojka, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kleiner Steinberg and Hedemunden.

Peak
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is a peak.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Peak
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The is a hill, 580.4 m above sea level, in the in and in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hann. Münden and Hedemünden.

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is a city in Southern in . It is the half-timbered jewel at the confluence of three rivers in the Weser Mountain Region on the eastern edge of the .

Village
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is part of the city in southern . Until 1930, it was an independent municipality. About 1500 people live in the village.

Village
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is a village.

Central Uplands

Latitude
51.3613° or 51° 21′ 41″ north
Longitude
9.7123° or 9° 42′ 44″ east
Open location code
9F3F9P66+GW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8142727034
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Wiki­data ID
Q315498
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Central Uplands” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Средногермански възвишения”
  • Chinese: “德国中部山脉”
  • Chinese: “德國中部山脈”
  • Croatian: “Njemačko sredogorje”
  • Czech: “Mittelgebirgsschwelle”
  • Czech: “Středoněmecká vysočina”
  • Danish: “Mittelgebirge”
  • Esperanto: “Meza Altaĵo de Germanio”
  • Estonian: “Mittelgebirge”
  • French: “Seuil des moyennes montagnes”
  • German: “Deutsche Mittelgebirge”
  • German: “Deutsche Mittelgebirgsschwelle”
  • German: “Europäische Mittelgebirgsschwelle”
  • German: “Mitteleuropäische Mittelgebirgsschwelle”
  • German: “Mittelgebirgsschwelle”
  • Greek: “Κεντρικά Υψίπεδα Γερμανίας”
  • Japanese: “オーバープファルツ山地”
  • Korean: “중앙고지대”
  • Macedonian: “Германско Средногорје”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mittelgebirge”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mittelgebirge”
  • Norwegian: “Mittelgebirge”
  • Polish: “Deutsche Mittelgebirgsschwelle”
  • Polish: “Średniogórze Niemieckie”
  • Romanian: “Munții Mittelgebirge”
  • Russian: “Немецкое среднегорье”
  • Slovenian: “Nemško sredogorje”
  • Spanish: “Tierras Altas de Alemania”
  • Ukrainian: “Німецьке середньогір’я”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Heisterlager and Große Steinbergswiese.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hohe Wand and Steinbergskopf.

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