Bavarian Forest
The Bavarian Forest is a wooded, low-mountain region in Bavaria, Germany, that is about 100 kilometres long. It runs along the Czech border and is continued on the Czech side by the Bohemian Forest.
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 703 metres
- Description: low-mountain range in Bavaria, Germany
- Also known as: “Baworski lěs”, “Bayerische Wald”, “Bayerwald”, “Bayischer Wald”, “Bayrischer Wald”, “Bosque Bavaro”, “Forest Bavaresa”, “バイエリッシャー・ワルト”, “バイエリッシャーワルト”, and “巴伐利亚森林”
Places of Interest
Highlights: St. Michael and St. Nikolaus.
St. Nikolaus
Church
Photo: Konrad Lackerbeck, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zinzenzell and Schönstein.
Bavarian Forest
- Categories: low mountain range, mountain range, and landform
- Location: Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.08802° or 49° 5′ 17″ north
Longitude
12.58527° or 12° 35′ 7″ east
Elevation
703 metres (2,306 feet)
Open location code
8FXJ3HQP+64
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Western Panjabi—“Bavarian Forest” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Selva Bavara”
- Basque: “Bavariako oihana”
- Bavarian: “Boarischa Woid”
- Belarusian: “Баварскі Лес”
- Bengali: “বাভারীয় বন”
- Bulgarian: “Баварска гора”
- Catalan: “Bosc de Baviera”
- Catalan: “Selva Bavaresa”
- Cebuano: “Hochholz”
- Chinese: “巴伐利亚林山”
- Chinese: “巴伐利亞森林”
- Croatian: “Bavarska šuma”
- Czech: “Bavorský les”
- Danish: “Bayerischer Wald”
- Dutch: “Beierse Woud”
- Esperanto: “Bavaria arbaro”
- Esperanto: “Bavaria Arbaro”
- Estonian: “Baieri mets”
- French: “forêt de Bavière”
- French: “Forêt de Bavière”
- Georgian: “ბავარიის ტყე”
- German: “Bayerischer Wald”
- Hausa: “Dajin Bavaria”
- Hebrew: “יער בוואריה”
- Hungarian: “Bajor-erdő”
- Italian: “foresta bavarese”
- Italian: “Foresta bavarese”
- Japanese: “バイエルンの森”
- Kazakh: “Бавария орманы”
- Korean: “바이에른의 숲”
- Ladin: “Bosch dl Paiern”
- Lithuanian: “Bavarijos Miškas”
- Macedonian: “Баварска Шума”
- Mingrelian: “ბავარიაშ ტყა”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bayerischer Wald”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bayerischer Wald”
- Norwegian: “Bayerischer Wald”
- Persian: “جنگلهای باواریا”
- Polish: “Las Bawarski”
- Romanian: “Bayerischer Wald”
- Russian: “Баварский Лес”
- Serbian: “Баварска шума”
- Slovak: “Bavorský les”
- Slovenian: “Bavarski gozd”
- Spanish: “Bosque bávaro”
- Spanish: “Bosque Bávaro”
- Swedish: “Bayerischer Wald”
- Turkish: “Bavyera Ormanı”
- Ukrainian: “Баварський ліс”
- Upper Sorbian: “Bayerski lěs”
- Venetian: “foresta bavareza”
- Vietnamese: “Rừng Bayern”
- Western Frisian: “Beierske Wâld”
- Western Panjabi: “باویریائی جنگل”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Wullendorf and Emmerszell.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Hochriedholz and Fundberg.
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Worth a closer look: Munich and Nuremberg.
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