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Southern High Rhön was first defined in 1968 as a natural region as part of the
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two mountain ridges radiate south and southwest, separated by the
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433:- Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Bad Godesberg, 1968 →
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468:Natural regions of the East Hesse Highlands
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339:View over the Southern High Rhön from the
273:natural regional classification of Germany
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412:Umweltatlas Hessen
237:Südliche Hohe Rhön
225:Southern High Rhön
188:50.3969°N 9.8621°E
36:Highest point
19:Southern High Rhön
304:Dammersfeld Ridge
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166:Range coordinates
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385:Heidelstein
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435:online map
399:References
354:South Rhön
348:Boundaries
176:50°23′49″N
373:High Rhön
291:High Rhön
257:Kreuzberg
249:High Rhön
212:High Rhön
179:9°51′44″E
63:Geography
52:Elevation
393:basaltic
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239:) is a
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159:Germany
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229:German
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383:From
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143:Fulda
126:State
389:Sinn
223:The
216:Rhön
41:Peak
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