Upper Palatine Hills

The Upper Palatine Hills (German: Oberpfälzisches Hügelland, also Oberpfälzisches Hügel- und Bergland or Oberpfälzer Bruchschollenland) is a Hercynian range of rolling hills (Hügelland) and valleys running from the Upper Palatine-Bavarian Forest in the (north-)east and the Franconian Jura in the (south-)west. It lies mostly within the Bavarian province of Upper Palatinate, hence the name. The range, which is oriented northwest to southeast, is about 100 kilometres long, but only between 7 and 35 kilometres wide and covers and area of 2,000 km². The best known settlements are (from northwest to southeast) Weiden (Ostrand), Amberg and Schwandorf.

Upper Palatine Hills
(Oberpfälzisches Hügelland)
Dimensions
Length100 km (62 mi)
Area2,004.9 km2 (774.1 sq mi)
Geography
StateUpper Palatinate, Upper Franconia, Bavaria
Range coordinates49°26′40″N 11°50′54″E
Parent rangeUpper Palatine-Upper Main Hills
Geology
Age of rockc. 6 million years
Type of rockvarious, mostly Rotliegendes or bunter sandstone
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