| Dammersfeld Ridge | |
|---|---|
 The Dammersfeldkuppe | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Dammersfeldkuppe |
| Elevation | 927.9 m above NHN |
| Geography | |
  Dammersfeld RidgeShow map of Bavaria Dammersfeld RidgeShow map of Hesse
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| State(s) | Counties of Bad Kissingen and Rhön-Grabfeld, Bavaria, and county of Fulda, Hesse,  Germany |
| Range coordinates | 50°23′49″N 9°51′44″E / 50.3969°N 9.8621°E / 50.3969; 9.8621 |
| Parent range | Southern High Rhön, High Rhön, Rhön |
The Dammersfeld Ridge (German: Dammersfeldrücken) is a low mountain chain in the High Rhön in Germany, which begins on a line from Bischofsheim to Gersfeld and runs in a southwesterly direction to Riedenberg – Werberg – Maria Ehrenberg. The majority of this area today is a military out-of-bounds area, the Wildflecken Training Area. Its highest point is the Dammersfeldkuppe, the second-highest mountain in the Rhön. The Bavarian-Hessian state border runs along the crest of the mountain chain.
Natural regions
The Dammersfeld Ridge was first defined in 1968 as a natural region as part of the natural regional classification of Germany at a map scale of 1:200,000 (Sheet 140 Schweinfurt), and it is grouped as follows:
- (part of no. 35 East Hesse Highlands)
- (part of no. 354 High Rhön)
- (part of no. 354.0 Southern High Rhön)
- 354.00 Dammersfeld Ridge
- (part of no. 354.0 Southern High Rhön)
- (part of no. 354 High Rhön)
Mountains
- Dammersfeldkuppe (927.9 m (3,044 ft); northwest of Wildflecken, in the southwest of the area)
- Dreifeldskuppe (832 m (2,730 ft), west-northwest summit)
- Ottersteine [de] (821 m (2,694 ft), northern summit)
- Bremerkopf 797 m (2,615 ft)
- Dalherdakuppe [de] (801 m (2,628 ft), north-northwestern summit)
- Eierhauckberg (910 m (2,990 ft))
- Beilstein (865 m (2,838 ft); west-southwestern summit)
- Hohe Hölle (894 m (2,933 ft))
- Himmeldunkberg (888 m (2,913 ft), southern summit)
- Teufelsberg [de] (844 m (2,769 ft), southwestern summit)
- Mittelberg (880 m (2,890 ft); almost a northeastern spur of the Eierhauckberg)
- Schachen (857 m (2,812 ft); eastern summit)
- Rommerser Berg (850 m (2,790 ft); northern summit)
- Zornberg (838 m (2,749 ft), southern summit)
- Rückberg (870 m (2,850 ft), almost a southern spur of the Dammersfeldkuppe)
- Reesberg [de] (851 m (2,792 ft))
- Simmelsberg [de] (843 m (2,766 ft), with the Simmelsberg winter sports area [de])
- Großer Auersberg (809 m (2,654 ft))
- Kleiner Auersberg (808 m (2,651 ft))
- Ehrenberg 674 m (2,211 ft)
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View from the Kreuzberg northward to the Dammersfeld Ridge with Kleiner- and Großer Auersberg, Dammersfeldkuppe, Eierhauckberg and Himmeldunkberg.
References
- Brigitte Schwenzer: Geographische Landesaufnahme: Die naturräumlichen Einheiten auf Blatt 140 Schweinfurt - Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Bad Godesberg 1968 → Online-Karte (PDF, 4 MB)