Rhön Mountains

The Rhön Mountains are a group of low mountains in central , located around the border area where the states of , and come together.
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  • Type: Region
  • Description: low mountain range in Germany
  • Also known as: “Rhön”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wasserkuppe and German Gliding Museum.

Peak
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The is the highest mountain in the and the tallest elevation in the state of , standing at 950 metres above sea level.

Museum
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The German Glider Museum, situated on the in the state of is the national gliding museum, opened in 1987.

Aerodrome
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is an aerodrome.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birx and Frankenheim.

Village
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is a municipality in the district , in , .

Village
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is a municipality in the district of , in , .

Village
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is a village.

Rhön Mountains

Latitude
50.4908° or 50° 29′ 27″ north
Longitude
9.9727° or 9° 58′ 22″ east
Open location code
9F2FFXRF+83
Open­Street­Map ID
way 571378856
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q148988
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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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