Seulingswald

Seulingswald
View from Petersberg over the houses of Sorga in the Solz valley looking NE to the Toter Mann, the highest hill in the Seulingswald
Highest point
Peak	Toter Mann
Elevation	480.3 m (1,576 ft) DE-NHN
Geography
State	Hersfeld-Rotenburg and Wartburgkreis; Hesse and Thuringia, Germany
Range coordinates	50°54′1″N 9°50′20.1″E / 50.90028°N 9.838917°E / 50.90028; 9.838917Coordinates: 50°54′1″N 9°50′20.1″E / 50.90028°N 9.838917°E / 50.90028; 9.838917
Parent range	Fulda-Werra Uplands in the East Hesse Highlands

The Seulingswald (also called the Sillingswald) is a hill range in the German Central Uplands which reaches heights of up to 480.3 m above sea level (NHN). It is part of the Fulda-Werra Uplands in the East Hesse Highlands within the Hessian county of Hersfeld-Rotenburg; small ridges extend into the Thuringian county of Wartburgkreis. It is a sandstone range and one of the largest contiguous woodland areas in Hesse.

The Seulingswald is located between the settlements of Ronshausen to the north and Wildeck to the northeast (both in Hesse), Großensee and Dankmarshausen to the east-northeast (both in Thuringia), Heringen to the east, Friedewald to the south, Bad Hersfeld to the southwest, Ludwigsau to the west and Bebra to the northwest (all in Hesse).

To the north, on the other side of the Ulfe valley, are the Richelsdorf Hills. To the east the little hill range borders on the Werra. Small-scale east-northeastern spurs descend on the far side of Hessian Kleinensee to the River Suhl near Thuringian Großensee. In the south the nearest streams are the Fulda and Werra on the heights of Friedewald before their confluence. This delineates the southern boundary of the Seulingswald, which transitions here into the Kuppen Rhön. To the west, on the far side of the Fulda, is the Knüll.