Rasdorf

The Gehilfersberg is a hill in the Landkreis Fulda, Hesse, Germany. It is part of the Rhön hills and lies northwest of the village of Rasdorf. The basalt peak is located close to the range known as "Hessian Skittles" (Hessisches Kegelspiel) but there are diverging views on whether it should be counted as one of the nine hills "officially" part of the "nine pins". On the peak is a Baroque pilgrimage chapel St. Marien und Vierzehn Nothelfer, dedicated to Virgin Mary and the Fourteen Holy Helpers, construction of which began during the reign of Johann Bernhard Schenk von Schweinsberg (1623-1632), Abbot of Fulda to replace an earlier chapel that had been destroyed. It was consecrated in 1681. Initially, a figure of Christ (the holy Gehülf) was revered, but the focus shifted to the Fourteen Helpers over time. From the 18th century, the Gehilfersberg was one of the most important pilgrimage destinations in eastern Hesse. Seven stations mark the Stations of the Cross leading up from Rasdorf. There is also a fortified cemetery (Wehrfriedhof) at the top. On 11 May 1996, the Catholic chapel was destroyed by arson. However, it was quickly rebuilt and rededicated by Bishop of Fulda Johannes Dyba on 19 May 1997. More recently, a part of the wooded slopes has been designated as a burial forest.

Bocksberg is a levelled, medieval hilltop castle on the top of the cone-shaped hill of Bocksberg (422.5 m above NN) in the Rhön Mountains near Geisa and Schleid.

The Hessian Skittles (German: Hessisches Kegelspiel) are a group of nine extinct volcanoes in the northwestern and lowest part of the Rhön Mountains in East Hesse, Germany. This striking collection of domed hills or kuppen is located in the counties of Hersfeld-Rotenburg and Fulda in the northwestern part of the Kuppen Rhön east of Eiterfeld and south of Schenklengsfeld.

Rockenstuhl is a former municipality in the Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany. It was created in March 1994 by the merger of the former municipalities Geismar, Ketten and Spahl. Since 31 December 2008, it is part of the town Geisa.

Haselstein Castle (Burg Haselstein) is a ruined hill castle near the village of Haselstein in Nüsttal in the county of Fulda in Hesse, Germany. It lies next to the village on a steep basalt cone at a height of 434 m above sea level (NN). The rock was first mentioned in 780/781 as the Haselahastein.

Geisa (German pronunciation: [ˈɡaɪza] ) is a town in the Wartburgkreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated in the Rhön Mountains, 26 km northeast of Fulda. The near border with Hesse was the border between West Germany and the GDR during the Cold War. Thus, Geisa was in the East German border restriction area of the former inner German border, which meant that until reunification access to the town was limited. The town is the westernmost municipality in what was formerly East Germany.

Soislieden is a village and Ortsteil of the municipality of Hohenroda in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse, Germany. It is part of the Ortsbezirk of Mansbach.

Buttlar is a municipality in the Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany.

Schleid (German pronunciation: [ʃlaɪt]) is a municipality in the Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany.

Taft is a river of Hesse and Thuringia, Germany. It flows into the Ulster near Buttlar.

Mansbach is a village and a municipal district of Hohenroda in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse, Germany.

Soisberg is a mountain in Germany. It is located in the federal state of Hesse, in the central part of the country, approximately 300 km southwest of Berlin, the national capital. The Soisberg has an elevation of 630 metres above sea level, or 268 metres above the surrounding terrain. The base of the mountain is about 7.0 kilometres wide.