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From the Großer
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of over 20 kilometres, the Großer
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369:Goldisthal Pumped Storage Station
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359:View over the upper basin of
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290:Isolation and prominence
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939:North Palatine Uplands
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315:topographic prominence
96:highest summit of the
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1052:Geiersberg (Breitsol)
621:(Prussian) Velmerstot
441:Neustadt am Rennsteig
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296:topographic isolation
127:50.50917°N 11.03389°E
1277:Sonneberg (district)
1207:Paschenburg Mountain
776:Brocken (Blocksberg)
214:from the Thuringian
657:Großer Zschirnstein
240:Thuringian Highland
218:(L 1112) near
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98:Thuringian Highland
66:crossroads east of
1171:Großer Farmdenkopf
1070:Lusatian Mountains
747:Gladenbach Uplands
715:Sieben-Linden-Berg
449:Neuhaus am Rennweg
405:Großer Finsterberg
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236:Großer Farmdenkopf
168:Großer Farmdenkopf
132:50.50917; 11.03389
84:Großer Finsterberg
36:Highest point
19:Großer Farmdenkopf
1272:Thuringian Forest
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192:Parent range
79:21.3 km
1202:Weser Hills
1183:Kreuzfelsen
1040:Große Blöße
992:Wasserkuppe
968:Fichtelberg
944:Donnersberg
884:Wüstegarten
855:Kaiserstuhl
835:Ellerspring
800:Bloße Zelle
549:Einödriegel
335:, near the
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105:Coordinates
1256:Categories
1219:Fuchskaute
1214:Westerwald
1190:Vogelsberg
1004:Langenberg
908:Kulpenberg
903:Kyffhäuser
879:Kellerwald
872:Hirschberg
764:Hohes Gras
740:Dürrenberg
693:Schneeberg
533:of Germany
465:References
445:Masserberg
417:Kickelhahn
409:Schneekopf
397:Adlersberg
329:Masserberg
268:Goldisthal
260:Wurzelberg
118:11°02′02″E
115:50°30′33″N
62:171 m
58:Prominence
1231:Heidbrink
1195:Taufstein
1147:Barnacken
1099:Hohe Egge
932:Köterberg
896:Eisenberg
860:Totenkopf
824:Erbeskopf
788:Griesberg
752:Angelburg
728:Döbraberg
699:Steinwald
644:Ernstberg
633:Hohe Acht
609:Nordhelle
433:Eselsberg
393:Inselberg
337:Rennsteig
280:Rennsteig
264:Sonneberg
248:Thuringia
244:Sonneberg
175:Thuringia
143:Geography
75:Isolation
42:Elevation
1047:Spessart
951:Odenwald
830:Soonwald
819:Hunsrück
710:Kohlwald
561:Feldberg
455:See also
429:Bleßberg
421:Kieferle
341:Gießübel
333:Neustadt
254:Location
204:Climbing
68:Gießübel
1111:Lemberg
1059:Sudetes
1035:Solling
1016:Himberg
592:Deister
479:of the
294:With a
179:Germany
92:Listing
86:(944 m)
81:→
64:↓
1130:Taunus
1117:Randen
1094:Süntel
980:Kalmit
920:Homert
704:Platte
234:, the
891:Knüll
628:Eifel
597:Bröhn
345:Oelze
327:from
987:Rhön
795:Hils
771:Harz
447:and
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