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[[File:Petersberg Rheinhessen.jpg|thumb|One of the four hills in Rhenish Hesse, the [[Petersberg (Rhenish Hesse)|Petersberg]]]]
The '''Rhenish-Hessian Hills''' ({{langx|de|Rheinhessisches Hügelland}}), also called the "Land of the Thousand Hills" (''Land der 1000 Hügel''), refers to that part of [[Rhenish Hesse]] within the German state of [[Rhineland-Palatinate]]. It lies within the counties of [[Landkreis Alzey-Worms|Alzey-Worms]] and [[Landkreis Mainz-Bingen|Mainz-Bingen]], and covers the same area as the natural region known as the Rhenish Hesse Tableland and Hill Country (''Rheinhessisches Tafel- und Hügelland''). It covers an area of around 1,400&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.
== Hills ==
The hills and spurs of the Rhenish-Hessian Hills include –&nbsp;with heights in [[metre]]s (m) above [[Normalhöhennull|sea level (NHN)]]:<ref name="RP-LANDIS" /><!--siehe teils starke Vergrößerung der RP-LANDIS-Karte-->
* [[Kappelberg (Rhenish Hesse)|Kappelberg]] (357.6 m), in the Vorholz woodlands between Bechenheim, Orbis and Oberwiesen near the border with the Palatinate
* [[Eichelberg (Fürfeld)|Eichelberg]] (320.3 m), near [[Fürfeld]]
* [[Kloppberg]] (293,4 m), near [[Hochborn]] and Dittelsheim-Heßloch
* [[Wartberg (Rhenish Hesse)|Wartberg]] (285.2 m), with [[Wartberg Tower (Alzey)|Alzey Wartberg Tower]] (275,3), south of Alzey
* [[Jakobsberg (Rhenish Hesse)|Jakobsberg]] (273.8 m), between Dromersheim, Laurenziberg and Ockenheim, with the [[Jakobsberg Priory]]
* [[Hornberg (Framersheim)|Hornberg]] (273.3 m), near [[Framersheim]]
* ''Napoleonshöhe'' (271.4 m), near Sprendlingen and Zotzenheim, with subpeak [[Zotzenheimer Horn]] (247.5<!--highest contour--> m)
* [[Horn (Siefersheim)|Horn]] (271.0 m), in Rhenish-Hessian Switzerland between [[Siefersheim]] and [[Neu-Bamberg]], with subpeak [[Mühlberg (Neu-Bamberg)|Mühlberg]] (248.5 m)
* [[Wißberg]] (270.2 m), between Gau-Bickelheim and Sankt Johann, with golf course
* [[Michaelsberg (Spiesheim)|Michaelsberg]] (262.2 m), northwest of [[Spiesheim]]
* [[Teufelsrutsch]] (ca. 260 m), southwest of Wendelsheim, west of Nack
* [[Mainzer Berg (Ingelheim)|Mainzer Berg]] (249.1<!--nahe Schießstände--> m), southeast of Ingelheim am Rhein and east-northeast of Großwinternheim
* [[Auf der Muhl]] (247.5 m), zwischen [[Mainz-Ebersheim]], Nieder-Olm and Zornheim
* [[Westerberg (Rhenish Hesse)|Westerberg]] (247.5 m) with [[Bismarck Tower, Ingelheim|Ingelheim's Bismarck Tower]] on the ''Waldeck'' (ca.&nbsp;212 m), near Ingelheim am Rhein
* [[Petersberg (Rhenish Hesse)|Petersberg]] (245.6 m), between Gau-Odernheim and Bechtolsheim
* [[Rochusberg]] (244.9 m), between Bingen am Rhein and Büdesheim, with the [[Rochuskapelle (Bingen)|Rochuskapelle]] and [[Emperor Frederick Tower, Bingen|Emperor Frederick Tower]] (ca. 242 m) and ''Scharlachkopf'' (226.9 m)
* [[Mühlberg (Nieder-Olm)|Mühlberg]] (242.9 m), between [[Mainz-Ebersheim]] and Nieder-Olm
* [[Rabenkopf (Rhenish Hesse)]] (200.4 m), near [[Wackernheim]]
* [[Selzer Berg]] (237.1 m), between [[Selzen]] and Sörgenloch
* [[Mainz-Lerchenberg|Lerchenberg]] (max. 233,8 m), east-northeastern flank of the Mainzer Berg in Mainz with [[ZDF transmitter]] (ca. 205 m)
* [[Schildberg (Rhenish Hesse)|Schildberg]] (209,8 m), near [[Sulzheim (Rheinhessen)|Sulzheim]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080218181043/http://www.main-rheiner.de/region/serie/rekorde/objekt.php3?artikel_id=2752686 ''Der versteckte "Gipfel-Stein" –&nbsp;Der Kappelberg im Vorholz ist mit 358 Metern der höchste Berg in Rheinhessen''], im main-rheiner, vom 17.&nbsp;März 2007
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181604/http://www.main-rheiner.de/region/serie/rekorde/objekt.php3?artikel_id=2715986 ''61 lange Kilometer bis zur Rheinmündung… –&nbsp;Selz ist der längste Bach in Rheinhessen''], im main-rheiner, vom 20.&nbsp;Februar 2007
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