Eierhauckberg

The Eierhauckberg stands in the High Rhön range, its summit rising just inside Hesse near the Bavarian border. The mountain forms part of the Wildflecken training area, surrounded by the Hessian and Bavarian Rhön nature parks and lying within the Rhön Biosphere Reserve. The nearest towns are Gersfeld five kilometres to the north and Wildflecken three kilometres to the south.

The peak is normally closed to the public because it lies inside a military zone. Once each summer, however, the army opens a Volksmarsch route through the restricted area. Walkers follow marked paths and may reach the summit on some routes. The event began after American forces left Wildflecken in 1994 and is now run by the German armed forces.

From the bare summit visitors look north to the Wasserkuppe, east to the Gleichberge, south across the Sinntal valley to the Black Mountains, and west to the Vogelsberg. On clear days the view stretches to the Spessart hills in the south-west and the Fuldatal basin in the north-west. The open summit offers long sight-lines across the high plateau and down into the surrounding valleys.