What is Rhön?
[[File:RhönLage.png|thumb|Location of the Rhön in Germany]] [[File:Mg-k Eisfall.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Frozen [[waterfall]] on a phonolite rock]] The '''Rhön''' are a group of low mountains in central [[Germany]], in the states [[Hesse]], [[Bavaria]] and [[Thuringia]]. They are the product of ancient [[volcano|volcanic]] activity and are separated from the [[Vogelsberg Mountains]] by the [[Fulda River]] and its valley. These mountains are a popular tourist attraction. [[Hiking|Hikers]] come for the nearly 6,000&nbsp;km (3,750 miles) of tracks through the picturesque scenery, and [[gliding]] has been done here since the early [[Twentieth century]]. Nowadays people come here to stay on a [[farm]] during holidays, too. Since 1991, [[UNESCO]] has declared the Rhön a [[Biosphere Reserve]]. The highest mountains of the Rhön are: *[[Wasserkuppe]] 950 m (3,110&nbsp;ft), (Hessian Rhön) *[[Kreuzberg (mountain)]] 928 m (3,040&nbsp;ft) (Bavarian Rhön) *[[Schwabenhimmel]] 926 m (3,040&nbsp;ft) (Bavarian Rhön) *[[Heidelstein]] 913 m (3,000&nbsp;ft) (Bavarian Rhön) *[[Milseburg]] 835 m (2,740&nbsp;ft) (Hessian Rhön) *[[Feuerberg]] 832 m (2,730&nbsp;ft) (Bavarian Rhön) *[[Ellenbogen]] 814 m (2,670&nbsp;ft) (Thuringian Rhön) == Other websites == {{Commonscat}} *[http://www.rhoen.de/eng/ Rhön tourism portal] *[http://www.rhoenklub.de The Rhön hiking club (in German)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925145911/http://www.rhoenklub.de/ |date=2008-09-25 }} *[http://www.fulda-osthessen.de white pages and websites of Fulda and the hessian Rhön (in German)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014041820/http://fulda-osthessen.de/ |date=2015-10-14 }} *[http://www.360-rhoen.de 360 degree virtual tour through the hessian Rhön (in German)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060426195359/http://www.360-rhoen.de/ |date=2006-04-26 }} *[http://www.orchid-rhoen.de Orchids of the Rhön, with many informations about Rhön's nature (in German)] <gallery> Rhoen_Berge_mg-k.jpg|Landscape of central '''Rhön