High Fens
The High Fens, which were declared a nature reserve in 1957, are an upland area, a plateau region in Liège Province, in the east of Belgium and adjoining parts of northwestern Germany, between the Ardennes and the Eifel highlands.
Vberger, Public domain.- Moor
- …lies at an elevation of around 690 metres (2,250 feet)
- Description: upland area in Belgium and Germany
- Also known as“Das Hohe Venn”“Fagnes”“Hautes Fagnes”“Hoge Venen”“Hohe Venn”“Hohe Venn Mountains”“Hohes Venn”“Plateau des Hautes Fagnes”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Signal de Botrange and Butte Baltia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sourbrodt and Ovifat.
Sourbrodt
Village
Sourbrodt is a village, which is situated 3½ km southeast of High Fens.
High Fens
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Latitude
50.5° or 50° 30′ north
Longitude
6.08333° or 6° 5′ east
Open location code
9F28G32M+28
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Walloon—“High Fens” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Hautes Fagnes”
- Belarusian: “Высокі Фен”
- Cebuano: “Hohes Venn”
- Chinese: “上法涅斯”
- Czech: “Hautes Fagnes”
- Czech: “High Fens”
- Dutch: “Hoge Venen”
- Esperanto: “Altaj Marĉoj”
- Estonian: “Hautes Fagnes”
- French: “Hautes Fagnes”
- Georgian: “მაღალი ჭაობი”
- German: “Hohes Venn”
- Hebrew: “הביצות הגבוהות”
- Hungarian: “Hohes Venn”
- Italian: “Hautes Fagnes”
- Japanese: “オート・ファーニュ湿原”
- Japanese: “ホーエズ・フェン”
- Kölsch: “Hoeëg Ven”
- Kölsch: “Huue Venn”
- Ladin: “Hohes Venn”
- Latin: “Faniarum oropedium”
- Limburgan: “Hoeëg Ven”
- Lithuanian: “Aukštieji Fenai”
- Luxembourgish: “Héicht Venn”
- Macedonian: “Висок Фен”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hautes Fagnes”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hautes Fagnes”
- Norwegian: “Hautes Fagnes”
- Polish: “Hautes Fagnes”
- Portuguese: “Altos Fagnes”
- Romanian: “Hohes Venn”
- Slovenian: “Hautes Fagnes”
- Slovenian: “Hoge Venen”
- Slovenian: “Hohes Venn”
- Spanish: “Hautes Fagnes”
- Swedish: “Hohes Venn”
- Turkish: “Yüksek Bataklıklar”
- Ukrainian: “Гоес-Фенн”
- Venetian: “Hautes Fagnes”
- Vlaams: “Hoge Veenn”
- Walloon: “Fagne”
- Walloon: “Hôte Fagne”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Herbôfaye and Baraque Michel.
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