List of the highest points of the German states

This list of the highest points of the German states shows the highest mountain or hill in each German federal state together with its height and links to lists of other mountains and hills.

The highest points in the German states
Elevations in metres (m) above sea level (NHN)

Overview

At 2,962.06 m above sea level (NHN), the highest mountain in Germany is Bavaria's Zugspitze, whose height until 2000 was given as 2,961.47 m above sea level (NN).[1] The lowest height occurs in the city of Bremen: at 32.5 m the highest natural point of the smallest German state is located in Friedehorst Park in the Bremen quarter of Burglesum, although the rubbish tip in Bremen-Blockland, whose summit reaches 49 m, is higher. The highest natural point in the capital city of Berlin, the Große Müggelberg, is, at 114.7 m[2] still 5.4 metres lower than the rubble heap of the Teufelsberg, which was piled up after the Second World War and reaches a height of 120.1 m;[3] but the highest point in Berlin is an artificially created mound of the Arkenberge, which attains a height of about 122 m.[4] Together with the highest points of the states of Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, none reaches a height of 200 m.

At 201 m, the Kutschenberg is the highest summit in Brandenburgs. However, the highest point in the state is actually a spot on the Heidehöhe which reaches 201.4 m, but whose summit lies a few metres over the border in the neighbouring state of Saxony.[5]

The only summit of the sixteen that is not marked by a summit cross or a stone is the rise in Friedehorst Park. The summit of the Großer Beerberg lies within a biosphere reserve and is not, therefore, accessible to the public. However, peak baggers may count the observation platform which lies just below the summit.[5]

List

This list of the highest mountains or hills in each of the German states is sorted by height in metres (m) above sea level (NHN):

StateMountain or hillElevationLocationRangeIsolationProminenceImage
Baden-Württemberg
(List)
Feldberg1493.00 m[6]47°52′25″N 08°00′14″E / 47.87361°N 8.00389°E / 47.87361; 8.00389Black Forest097,00 km
Rossberg (CH)
0930 m
Bavaria
(List)
Zugspitze2962.06 m[1]47°25′16.38″N 10°59′10.73″E / 47.4212167°N 10.9863139°E / 47.4212167; 10.9863139Northern Limestone Alps024.60 km
Acherkogel (A)
1746 m
Berlin
(List)
Arkenberge0122,00 m[4]52°38′23.7″N 13°24′27.7″E / 52.639917°N 13.407694°E / 52.639917; 13.407694 (Arkenberge_text:ICON2)
Brandenburg
(List)
Kutschenberg0201,00 m[7]51°21′55″N 13°43′38″E / 51.36528°N 13.72722°E / 51.36528; 13.72722Kmehlen Hills
Bremen
(List)
Eminence in Friedehorst Park0032.50 m[8]53°10′44″N 08°40′28″E / 53.17889°N 8.67444°E / 53.17889; 8.67444
Hamburg
(List)
Hasselbrack0116.20 m[9]53°25′49″N 9°51′50″E / 53.43033°N 9.86388°E / 53.43033; 9.86388Harburg Hills000.46 km
→ unnamed hillock (120.4 m) in the Wulmstorf and Daerstorf Forest
3.40 km
→ Gannaberg (155 m)
Hesse
(List)
Wasserkuppe0950.00 m[6]50°29′53″N 9°56′16″E / 50.49806°N 9.93778°E / 50.49806; 9.93778Rhön060,00 km
Großer Beerberg
0585 m
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
(List)
Helpt Hills0179.20 m[10]53°29′21″N 13°36′53″E / 53.48917°N 13.61472°E / 53.48917; 13.61472Helpt Hills
Lower Saxony
(List)
Wurmberg0971.20 m[11]51°45′24″N 10°37′8″E / 51.75667°N 10.61889°E / 51.75667; 10.61889Harz003,00 km
Brocken
0182 m
North Rhine-Westphalia
(List)
Langenberg0843.20 m[12]51°16′35.27″N 08°33′30.26″E / 51.2764639°N 8.5584056°E / 51.2764639; 8.5584056Rothaar Mountains116,00 km
Großer Feldberg
0557 m
Rhineland-Palatinate
(List)
Erbeskopf0816.32 m[13]49°43′46″N 7°5′20″E / 49.72944°N 7.08889°E / 49.72944; 7.08889Hunsrück113,00 km0571 m
Saarland
(List)
Dollberg0695.40 m[14]49°37′47″N 07°00′52″E / 49.62972°N 7.01444°E / 49.62972; 7.01444Dollberge
Saxony
(List)
Fichtelberg1214.80 m[15]50°25′46″N 12°57′15″E / 50.42944°N 12.95417°E / 50.42944; 12.95417Ore Mountains003.40 km
Klínovec (CZ)
0135 m
Saxony-Anhalt
(List)
Brocken1141.20 m[16]51°47′57″N 10°36′56″E / 51.7991°N 10.6156°E / 51.7991; 10.6156Harz224,00 km
Fichtelberg
0856 m
Schleswig-Holstein
(List)
Bungsberg0167.40 m[6]54°12′39″N 10°43′26″E / 54.21083°N 10.72389°E / 54.21083; 10.72389Holstein Switzerland
Thuringia
(List)
Großer Beerberg0982.90 m[6]Beerberg 50°39′34″N 10°44′46″E / 50.65944°N 10.74611°E / 50.65944; 10.74611Thuringian Forest103,00 km
Ochsenkopf
0389 m

See also

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