Seulingswald
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DE-NHN
| Seulingswald | |
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 View from Petersberg over the houses of Sorga in the Solz valley looking NE to the Toter Mann, the highest hill in the Seulingswald | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Toter Mann |
| Elevation | 480.3 m (1,576 ft) DE-NHN |
| Geography | |
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| State(s) | Hersfeld-Rotenburg and Wartburgkreis; Hesse and Thuringia, Germany |
| Range coordinates | 50°54′1″N 9°50′20.1″E / 50.90028°N 9.838917°E |
| Parent range | Fulda-Werra Uplands in the East Hesse Highlands |
The Seulingswald (also called the Sillingswald) is a hill range in the German Central Uplands which reaches heights of up to 480.3 m above sea level (NHN).[1] It is part of the Fulda-Werra Uplands in the East Hesse Highlands within the Hessian county of Hersfeld-Rotenburg; small ridges extend into the Thuringian county of Wartburgkreis. It is a sandstone range and one of the largest contiguous woodland areas in Hesse.
Location
The Seulingswald is located between the settlements of Ronshausen to the north and Wildeck to the northeast (both in Hesse), Großensee and Dankmarshausen to the east-northeast (both in Thuringia), Heringen to the east, Friedewald to the south, Bad Hersfeld to the southwest, Ludwigsau to the west and Bebra to the northwest (all in Hesse).
To the north, on the other side of the Ulfe valley, are the Richelsdorf Hills. To the east the little hill range borders on the Werra. Small-scale east-northeastern spurs descend on the far side of Hessian Kleinensee to the River Suhl near Thuringian Großensee. In the south the nearest streams are the Fulda and Werra on the heights of Friedewald before their confluence. This delineates the southern boundary of the Seulingswald, which transitions here into the Kuppen Rhön. To the west, on the far side of the Fulda, is the Knüll.
Natural regions
The Seulingswald forms an eponymous natural region (no. 357.20) within sub-unit Solztrotten and Seulingswald (357) which in turn is part of the major unit of the Fulda-Werra Uplands (no. 35), which is part of the major unit group of the East Hesse Highlands (no. 35). Its east-northeastern ridges fall within the major unit of the Salzungen Werra Upland (359), and the subunit of the Salzungen-Herleshausen Werra Valley (359.1) and the natural region of the Berka Basin (359.12).[2]
Hills
The hills of the Seulingswald include the following – sorted by height in metres (m) above sea level (NHN):[3]
- Monte Kali (530 m),[4] Hersfeld-Rotenburg
Hills and high points:
- Toter Mann (480.3 m),[4] Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Gnishecke (470.8 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Stangenrück (465.7 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Schwalbenkopf (454.7 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Siebertsberg (449.1 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Hornungskuppe (444.1 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg/Wartburgkreis
- Hermesberg (444.7 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg/Wartburgkreis
- Kornberg (435.1 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Roteberg (434.4 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Plessenberg (402 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Wackenbühl (419.0 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Kimmenberg (416.4 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Kirchenkopf (398.6 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Waltersberg (388 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Schwarzenberg (381.8 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Großer Steinkopf (375.4 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Höneberg (354.7 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Heiligenberg (Seulingswald) (317.3 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg/Wartburgkreis
- Hoher Berg (314.7 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Burbachsrück (340.5 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Gellenberg (340.4 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Wolfberg (334.7 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Hagelsberg (326.9 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Auf'm Berg (324.6 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Spießberg (300.5 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Obersberg (299.6 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg
- Lerchenberg (Seulingswald) (287.5 m), Wartburgkreis
- Schottenberg (271.1 m), Hersfeld-Rotenburg
Protected areas
In the central area and extended to the west-northwest of the Seulingswald is the protected landscape of Seulingswald (CDDA-No. 378688; designated in 1979; 30,2656 km²). In large parts of the forested areas is the Seulingswald Special Area of Conservation (FFH No. 378688; 23.2315 km²).[1] Near the Ulfe is the natural woodland reserve of Goldbachs- und Ziebachsrück which has an area of 31 ha.[5]
History
On 27 September 1944 there was a major air battle over the Seulingswald between the US Air Force and the Luftwaffe, known as the Kassel Mission, which saw extremely high losses.