Editing Thuringian Forest (section)

=== Gehlberg Thuringian Forest ===
[[Image:Stuetzerbach-081.JPG|thumb|View at a part of [[Stützerbach]]]]
This region between federal roads [[Bundesstraße 4|B 4]] between [[Ilmenau]] and [[Stützerbach]], following the rivers [[Ilm (Thuringia)|Ilm]], Lengwitz, and Nahe, and B 247 between Luisenthal and Suhl contains the three highest summits as well as the fifth highest summit of the whole range. The only settlements wholly within this region are Gehlberg north of Rennsteig and Vesser south of it. Parts of [[Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig|Schmiedefeld]] and Goldlauter-Heidersbach (part of Suhl) also extend into this part of the Forest. The highest summits crowning the mountain ridge are of volcanic origin. The terrain dips rapidly down to heights below 800 m towards the north-east, while heights remain above this altitude south-west of Rennsteig for some distance in the horseshoe-shaped Adlersberg massif.

Motorway [[Bundesautobahn 71|A 71]] and the [[Neudietendorf–Ritschenhausen railway]] pass under the Brandleite Massif between Gehlberg and Oberhof in Rennsteig road tunnel and [[Brandleite Tunnel]].

The area is drained towards the north by the river [[Lütsche]] which feeds the Lütsche reservoir and by [[Wilde Gera]] and [[Zahme Gera]] towards [[Gera (river)|Gera]] river and [[Unstrut]], and by Freibach stream, a tributary of Ilm river, and towards the south by [[Lauter (Hasel)|Lauter]], a tributary of Hasel, and mainly by [[Erle (river)|Erle]], feeding the Erle reservoir, Breitenbach, Vesser, and Nahe into [[Schleuse (river)|Schleuse]].

Notable summits include:
* [[Großer Beerberg]] (984&nbsp;m, main crest 3,4&nbsp;km east of Zella-Mehlis, highest elevation in the Thuringian Forest)
* Schneekopf (978 m), transmitter site and observation tower
* Großer Finsterberg (944 m), with observation tower
* Großer Eisenberg (907 m), whose name bears witness to ore mining activities in the past
* Adlersberg massive (up to 892 m) with Ringberghaus hotel on Ringberg (746 m), a northwestern foothill