Kyffhäuser
Sign in to saveThe Kyffhäuser (, sometimes also referred to as Kyffhäusergebirge) is a hill range in Central Germany, shared by Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt, southeast of the Harz mountains. It reaches its highest point at the Kulpenberg with an elevation of . The range is the site of medieval Kyffhausen Castle (Reichsburg Kyffhausen) and the 19th century Kyffhäuser Monument; it has significance in German traditional mythology as the legendary resting place of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.
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- Kyffhäuser
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- Kyffhaeuser Tilleda.jpg
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- View from Tilleda of the hills and the Kyffhäuser Monument
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- Germany
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- Mountain.orogeny
- Variscan
- Mountain.highest
- Kulpenberg
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- 1553
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The Kyffhäuser (, sometimes also referred to as Kyffhäusergebirge) is a hill range in Central Germany, shared by Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt, southeast of the Harz mountains. It reaches its highest point at the Kulpenberg with an elevation of . The range is the site of medieval Kyffhausen Castle (Reichsburg Kyffhausen) and the 19th century Kyffhäuser Monument; it has significance in German traditional mythology as the legendary resting place of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.
==Etymology== The origin of the name has not been conclusively established. Kyffhäuser (formerly also Kiffhäuser) probably stems from the Low German word cuf 'head' or 'peak', and huse 'house'. Other explanations refer to kiff 'quarrel' and the historic castles at the site.