page_title: Vogelsberg
section_title: Location
hierarchical_section_title: Vogelsberg / Location
caption_attribution_description: English: Golden Steinrueck, Vogelsberg, Hesse, Germany - view from west - June 2012 Deutsch: Goldner Steinrück, Vogelsberg, Hesse, Deutschland - von Westen betrachtet - Juni 2012
context_page_description: The Vogelsberg is a large volcanic mountain range in the German Central Uplands in the state of Hesse, separated from the Rhön Mountains by the Fulda river valley.
  Emerging approximately 19 million years ago, the Vogelsberg is Central Europe's largest basalt formation, consisting of a multitude of layers that descend from their peak in ring-shaped terraces to the base.
  The main peaks of the Vogelsberg are the Taufstein, 773.0 metres, and Hoherodskopf, 763 metres, both now within the High Vogelsberg Nature Park.
context_section_description: The Vogelsberg lies in the county of Vogelsbergkreis, around 60 kilometres northeast of Frankfurt between the towns of Alsfeld, Fulda, Büdingen and Nidda. To the northeast is the Knüll, to the east the Rhön, to the southeast the Spessart and to the southwest the low-lying Wetterau, which transitions to the South Hessian lowlands of the Rhine-Main region. In the opposite direction, to the northwest, the Vogelsberg transitions into parts of the West Hesse Highlands, whilst retaining the name, Vogelsberg, and the basalt rocks that bear its name continue well beyond the actual Vogelsberg.
caption: Landscape in the Vogelsberg (2012, Goldener Steinrück).
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