page_title: Vosges
section_title: Mountains
hierarchical_section_title: Vosges / Geography / Mountains
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Großer Belchen an der Vogesenkammstrraße, Elsass, Frankreich English: Grand Balloon at Route des Crêtes, Alsace, France
context_page_description: The Vosges are a range of low mountains in eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single geomorphological unit and low mountain range of around 8,000 km² in area. It runs in a north-northeast direction from the Burgundian Gate to the Börrstadt Basin, and forms the western boundary of the Upper Rhine Plain.
  The Grand Ballon is the highest peak at 1,424 m, followed by the Storkenkopf, and the Hohneck.
context_section_description: The highest points are in the Hautes Vosges: the Grand Ballon, in ancient times called Ballon de Guebwiller or Ballon de Murbach, rises to 1,424 m (4,672 ft); the Storckenkopf to 1,366 m (4,482 ft); the Hohneck to 1,364 m (4,475 ft); the Kastelberg to 1,350 m (4,429 ft); and the Ballon d'Alsace to 1,247 m (4,091 ft). The Col de Saales, between the Higher and Central Vosges, reaches nearly 579 m (1,900 ft), both lower and narrower than the Higher Vosges, with Mont Donon at 1,008 m (3,307 ft) being the highest point of this Nordic section.
  The highest mountains and peaks of the Vosges (with Alsatian or German names in brackets) are:
  Grand Ballon (Großer Belchen) 1,424 m (4,672 ft)
  Storkenkopf 1,366 m (4,482 ft)
  Hohneck 1,363 m (4,472 ft)
  Kastelberg 1,350 m (4,429 ft)
  Klintzkopf (Klinzkopf) 1,330 m (4,364 ft)
  Rothenbachkopf 1,316 m (4,318 ft)
  Lauchenkopf 1,314 m (4,311 ft)
  Batteriekopf 1,311 m (4,301 ft)
  Haut de Falimont 1,306 m (4,285 ft)
  Gazon du Faing 1,306 m (4,285 ft)
  Rainkopf 1,305 m (4,281 ft)
  Gazon du Faîte 1,303 m (4,275 ft)
  Ringbuhl (Ringbühl) 1,302 m (4,272 ft)
  Soultzereneck (Sulzereneck) 1,302 m (4,272 ft)
  Le Tanet (Tanneck) 1,292 m (4,239 ft)
  Petit Ballon (Kahler Wasen or Kleiner Belchen) 1,272 m (4,173 ft)
  Ballon d'Alsace (Elsässer Belchen) 1,247 m (4,091 ft)
  Brézouard 1,229 m (4,032 ft)
  Ballon de Servance (highest point in the département of Haute-Saône) 1,216 m (3,990 ft)
  Drumont 1,200 m (3,937 ft)
  Planche des Belles Filles 1,148 m (3,766 ft)
  Molkenrain 1,123 m (3,684 ft)
  Champ du Feu (Hochfeld or Firstfeld) 1,099 m (3,606 ft)
  Baerenkopf 1,074 m (3,524 ft)
  Rocher de Mutzig (Mutzigfelsen) 1,010 m (3,314 ft)
  Donon 1,009 m (3,310 ft)
  Taennchel (Tännchel) 992 m (3,255 ft)
  Climont 965 m (3,166 ft)
  Hartmannswillerkopf (Hartmannsweilerkopf) 956 m (3,136 ft)
  Chatte Pendue 902 m (2,959 ft)
  Ungersberg 901 m (2,956 ft)
  Tête du Coquin 837 m (2,746 ft)
  Mont Saint-Odile (Odilienberg) 760 m (2,493 ft)
  Dabo (Dagsburg) 647 m (2,123 ft)
  Grand Wintersberg (Großer Wintersberg) 581 m (1,906 ft)
  Hohenbourg (Hohenburg) 550 m (1,804 ft)
caption: Grand Ballon
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