Upper Palatine Hills

49°26′40″N 11°50′54″E / 49.4444°N 11.8483°E / 49.4444; 11.8483Parent rangeUpper Palatine-Upper Main HillsGeologyAge of rockc. 6 million yearsType 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.

• BfN landscape fact files:
  • Upper Palatine Hills
    • Grafenwöhr Training Area
    • Naab valley between Wernberg and Maxhütte (only partly in the Upper Palatine Hills)
• Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation