The Rhenish-Hessian Hills (), also called the "Land of the Thousand Hills" (Land der 1000 Hügel), refers to that part of Rhenish Hesse within the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It lies within the counties of Alzey-Worms and Mainz-Bingen, and covers the same area as the natural region known as the Rhenish Hesse Tableland and Hill Country (Rheinhessisches Tafel- und Hügelland). It covers an area of around 1,400 km2.
Hills The hills and spurs of the Rhenish-Hessian Hills include – with heights in metres (m) above sea level (NHN): Kappelberg (357.6 m), in the Vorholz woodlands between Bechenheim, Orbis and Oberwiesen near the border with the Palatinate Eichelberg (320.3 m), near Fürfeld Kloppberg (293,4 m), near Hochborn and Dittelsheim-Heßloch Wartberg (285.2 m), with Alzey Wartberg Tower (275,3), south of Alzey Jakobsberg (273.8 m), between Dromersheim, Laurenziberg and Ockenheim, with the Jakobsberg Priory Hornberg (273.3 m), near Framersheim Napoleonshöhe (271.4 m), near Sprendlingen and Zotzenheim, with subpeak Zotzenheimer Horn (247.5 m) Horn (271.0 m), in Rhenish-Hessian Switzerland between Siefersheim and Neu-Bamberg, with subpeak Mühlberg (248.5 m) Wißberg (270.2 m), between Gau-Bickelheim and Sankt Johann, with golf course Michaelsberg (262.2 m), northwest of Spiesheim Teufelsrutsch (ca. 260 m), southwest of Wendelsheim, west of Nack Mainzer Berg (249.1 m), southeast of Ingelheim am Rhein and east-northeast of Großwinternheim Auf der Muhl (247.5 m), zwischen Mainz-Ebersheim, Nieder-Olm and Zornheim Westerberg (247.5 m) with Ingelheim's Bismarck Tower on the Waldeck (ca. 212 m), near Ingelheim am Rhein Petersberg (245.6 m), between Gau-Odernheim and Bechtolsheim Rochusberg (244.9 m), between Bingen am Rhein and Büdesheim, with the Rochuskapelle and Emperor Frederick Tower (ca. 242 m) and Scharlachkopf (226.9 m) Mühlberg (242.9 m), between Mainz-Ebersheim and Nieder-Olm Rabenkopf (Rhenish Hesse) (200.4 m), near Wackernheim Selzer Berg (237.1 m), between Selzen and Sörgenloch Lerchenberg (max. 233,8 m), east-northeastern flank of the Mainzer Berg in Mainz with ZDF transmitter (ca. 205 m) Schildberg (209,8 m), near Sulzheim
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External links Der versteckte "Gipfel-Stein" – Der Kappelberg im Vorholz ist mit 358 Metern der höchste Berg in Rheinhessen, im main-rheiner, vom 17. März 2007 61 lange Kilometer bis zur Rheinmündung… – Selz ist der längste Bach in Rheinhessen, im main-rheiner, vom 20. Februar 2007