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The Heidelstein seen from the Wachtküppel
The Heidelstein seen from the Wachtküppel

The Heidelstein, between Bischofsheim an der Rhön in the Bavarian county of Rhön-Grabfeld and Wüstensachsen in the Hessian county of Fulda, is a 925.7-metre-high border mountain in the High Rhön, part of the Rhön Mountains, a range in the German Central Uplands. The Heidelstein's actual summit in Bavaria and is sometimes also called the Schwabenhimmel. On the Heidelstein is the Heidelstein Transmitter and a commemoration site for the Rhön Club. On its northwestern slopes lies the source of the Ulster (river) and, on the western slopes, is the cross-country skiing centre of Rotes Moor.
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