Mittelberg (Rhön)
Mittelberg is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany.
Geography
Geographical Location
The Mittelberg rises as part of the "High Rhön" within the Wildflecken Military Training Area, which is surrounded by the Hessian Rhön and Bavarian Rhön nature parks, as well as the Rhön Biosphere Reserve. Its two mountain peaks are located on the border of the districts of Bad Kissingen and Fulda.The core of the town of Gersfeld lies approximately 4.7 km north of the Mittelberg, and that of the market town of Wildflecken lies approximately 3.5 km south. On its northern slope is the deserted village of Kippelbach.
The Mittelberg has two hilltops: the larger western peak and the correspondingly smaller eastern peak, on which two transmission towers stand; they are approximately 165 m apart. Its foothills or neighboring mountains are : Reesberg in the north-northeast, Schachen in the east, Arnsberg and Kreuzberg in the southeast, Zornberg in the south, Eierhauckberg in the southwest and Rommerser Berg in the northwest ].