Skip to content
کیف‌هاوزر
EntityQ682596· pop 21· linked from 179 articles

کیف‌هاوزر

Sign in to save

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.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Kyffhäuser
Mountain.photo
Kyffhaeuser Tilleda.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
View from Tilleda of the hills and the Kyffhäuser Monument
Mountain.country
Germany
Mountain.subdivision1_type
States
Mountain.orogeny
Variscan
Mountain.highest
Kulpenberg
Mountain.elevation_ft
1553

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
mountain range
Country
Germany
Located in
Saxony-Anhalt
Area
70.00
Elevation
1553
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Highest point
Kulpenberg
Material used
metamorphic rock
Image
Kyffhaeuser Tilleda.jpg
Width
7
Length
19
Significant event
slighting
Show 4 more facts
Commons category
Kyffhäuser
topic's main category
Category:Kyffhäuser
Commons gallery
Kyffhäuser
Sources (3)

via Wikidata · CC0

Gallery (4)

On the map

3 mapped locations