Gleichberge

Gleichberge
The Gleichberge from the hill in Hildburghausen
Highest point
Peak	Großer Gleichberg
Elevation	679.0 m (2,227.7 ft)
Dimensions
Length	5 km (3.1 mi)
Geography
State	County of Hildburghausen, Thuringia, Germany
Range coordinates	50°24′01″N 10°35′30″E / 50.400302°N 10.591747°E / 50.400302; 10.591747Coordinates: 50°24′01″N 10°35′30″E / 50.400302°N 10.591747°E / 50.400302; 10.591747
Parent range	Heldburger Gangschar
Geology
Age of rock	Tertiary

The Gleichberge, which mainly comprise the Großer and Kleiner Gleichberg, are a small, inselberg-like mountain range, up to 679 m above sea level (NHN), in the southwestern part of the German state of Thuringia. They rise just east of the little ancient town of Römhild in the county of Hildburghausen.

The Gleichberge are the most imposing witnesses to the Tertiary volcanic activity of the Heldburger Gangschar, which once ran from here to south of the River Main.

The Gleichberge, which consist mostly of the volcanic basalt cones of the Großer Gleichberg (679 m) in the south and the Kleiner Gleichberg (641.3 m) in the north, are located in the county of Hildburghausen between the Thuringian town of Hildburghausen and the Franconian town of Bad Königshofen. They lie southwest of the Werra valley, roughly east of the village of Römhild, on the northeastern perimeter of the Grabfeld country.

West and northwest of the Gleichberge are the Rhön Mountains, to the northeast and east is the Thuringian Forest, to the southeast lie the hills of the Lange Berge, to the south are the Haßberge Hills and to the southwest is the region of Grabfeld, to which the Gleichberge belong and of which they are its highest peaks. At the foot of the Großer Gleichberg is the village of Gleichamberg.