Toter Mann (Seulingswald)

The Toter Mann near Friedewald in the Hessian county of Hersfeld-Rotenburg is, at 480.3 m above sea level (NHN),^[1] the highest natural^[2] hill in the Seulingswald range. This small upland is the southernmost spur of the Fulda-Werra Uplands.

Toter Mann
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
Elevation	480.3 m above sea level (NHN) (1,576 ft)
Coordinates	50°54′1″N 9°50′20.1″E
Geography
Toter Mann near Friedewald; Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany
Parent range	Seulingswald
Geology
Mountain type	ridge
Type of rock	Sandstone

View from the slopes of the Dreienberg over Friedewald looking N to the Toter Mann

Geography

Location

The Toter Mann lies in the southernmost part of the Seulingswald. Its summit is 2.5 kilometres north of Friedewald and lies on its municipal territory. Its southwestern hillside lies in the municipality of Kathus, near Solz in the borough of Bad Hersfeld. Its western slopes are in the parish of Meckbach, 3.8 km northwest of the summit, a village on the banks of the Meckbach, a tributary of the Fulda, and in the municipality of Ludwigsau. Its northeastern hillside is in the municipality of Ronshausen, which is traversed by the Fulda tributary of the Ulfe. The Faßdorf estate belonging to Ronshausen in the valley of the Breitenbach lies 4.1 km, as the crow flies, north of the summit.

On the western slopes of the hill rises the Fulda tributary of the Meckbach with its many feeder streams (e.g. the Kirchgrund, Sälig and Finstertal). The Ulfe tributary, the Breitenbach, runs east and north of the hill. On the southwestern slopes, rises the Breitzbach, a tributary of the Solz.

Natural regions

The Toter Mann is part of the natural region of the Seulingswald (357.20), in the subunit of Solztrotten and Seulingswald (357) in the major unit of the Fulda-Werra Uplands (357) and in the major unit group of the East Hesse Highlands (no. 35).

Footnotes and references

1. Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
2. The Toter Mann is the highest natural hill ({{Subst:Formatnum:480.3}} m) in the Seulingswald, but it is lower than the spoil tip of Monte Kali (ca. {{Subst:Formatnum:530}} m).