Southern High Rhön
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PeakDammersfeldkuppe
Elevation927.9 m above NHN
State(s)Counties of Bad Kissingen, and Rhön-Grabfeld, Bavaria and county of Fulda, Hesse, 
Germany
Germany| Southern High Rhön | |
|---|---|
 Dammersfeldkuppe | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Dammersfeldkuppe |
| Elevation | 927.9 m above NHN |
| Geography | |
   | |
| State(s) | Counties of Bad Kissingen, and Rhön-Grabfeld, Bavaria and county of Fulda, Hesse, Germany |
| Range coordinates | 50°23′49″N 9°51′44″E / 50.3969°N 9.8621°E |
| Parent range | High Rhön, Rhön |
The Southern High Rhön (German: Südliche Hochrhön, also Südliche Hohe Rhön[1]) is a natural region of the 5th level which, together with the Central Rhön, forms the region called the High Rhön. This low mountainous region has several peaks over 900 metres high, including the Dammersfeldkuppe (927.9 m), the Kreuzberg (927.8 m) and the Eierhauckberg (909.9 m)
The Southern High Rhön was first defined in 1968 as a natural region as part of the natural regional classification of Germany at a map scale of 1:200,000 (Sheet 140 Schweinfurt) and is grouped and divided as follows:[2]
- (part of no. 35 East Hesse Highlands)
- (part of no. 354 High Rhön)
- 354.0 Southern High Rhön
- 354.00 Dammersfeld Ridge (in the north and west of the area)
- 354.01 Black Mountains (in the south of the area)
- 354.02 Kreuzberg Group (in the east of the area)
- 354.0 Southern High Rhön
- (part of no. 354 High Rhön)
View over the Southern High Rhön from the Himmeldunkberg
