Heidelstein

Heidelstein
View from the Wasserkuppe looking southeast to the Heidelstein
Highest point
Elevation	925.7 m above sea level (NHN) (3,037 ft) ^[1]
Prominence	110 m
Isolation	6.1 km → Wasserkuppe
Coordinates	50°27′38″N 10°00′25″E / 50.4605°N 10.006833°E / 50.4605; 10.006833Coordinates: 50°27′38″N 10°00′25″E / 50.4605°N 10.006833°E / 50.4605; 10.006833
Geography
Heidelstein zwischen Bischofsheim a.d.Rhön and Wüstensachsen; Rhön-Grabfeld, Fulda; Bavaria, Hesse (Germany)
Parent range	Rhön (High Rhön)
Climbing
Access	Track from the Schornhecke car park (no private vehicles)

The Heidelstein, between Bischofsheim an der Rhön in the Bavarian county of Rhön-Grabfeld and Wüstensachsen in the Hessian county of Fulda, is a mountain, 925.7 m above sea level (NHN) high,^[1] on the state border in the mountains of the High Rhön, part of the German Central Upland range of Rhön. Its actual summit is in Bavaria. Sometimes its main peak is also called Schwabenhimmel.

On the Heidelstein are the Heidelstein Transmitter and a memorial of the Rhön Club. On the northwestern slopes is the source of the River Ulster and on the western mountainside is the Rotes Moor Cross Country Skiing Centre.

References

1 2 Stadt Gersfeld (Rhön), ed. (2002) (in German), Gersfeld: Wandern, Wellness, Wintersport : Freizeitkarte 5526, Maßstab 1:25.000, Fulda: Fa. Parzeller

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