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 / 49.4444°N 11.8483°E / 49.4444; 11.8483
Parent rangeUpper Palatine-Upper Main Hills
Geology
Age of rockc. 6 million years
Type of rockvarious, mostly Rotliegendes or bunter sandstone

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.

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