Fulda-Werra Uplands

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The Fulda-Werra Uplands [1] (German : Fulda-Werra-Bergland) are a major natural regional unit (no. 357) in the East Hesse Highlands (major unit group 35) in East and North Hesse and, with small elements in the southeast, in the German state of Thuringia. Most of the range lies right of the River Fulda and left of the Werra. The uplands extend from the Rhön mountains northwards, to the River Weser near Hann. Münden.

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The best known and highest mountain and sub-range is the Hoher Meißner in the northeast which reaches a height of 753.6 m above  sea level (NN) . Other well known upland areas are the Kaufungen Forest in the extreme north, the Stölzinger Hills in the centre and the Seulingswald in the south.

Hills

The hills of the Fulda-Werra Uplands include the following – sorted by height in metres (m) above Normalnull (NN) [2] :

Rivers

The most important tributaries of the Fulda and Werra in the upland region named after them are (in upstream order, i.e. from north to south, rivers outside the boundary in brackets, lengths [3] also in brackets):

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Hoher Meißner mountain

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Kaufungen Forest mountains in Germany

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West Hesse Highlands mountains in Germany

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Haferberg mountain

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Seulingswald mountain range

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Toter Mann (Seulingswald) mountain in Germany

The Toter Mann near Friedewald in the Hessian county of Hersfeld-Rotenburg is, at 480.3 m above sea level (NHN), the highest natural hill in the Seulingswald range. This small upland is the southernmost spur of the Fulda-Werra Uplands.

Söhre mountain range

The Söhre is a forested hill range of the German Central Uplands and a subordinate natural region of the Fulda-Werra Uplands in North Hesse, Germany.

References

  1. Aigner, Andreas, Josef Stini and Hans Mortensen. Annals of geomorphology, Gebr. Brontraeger, 1996, p. 298.
  2. Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
  3. Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Energy, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (Hessisches Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz)

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