Fichtelgebirge
The Fichtel Mountains is a mountain range in Germany and the Czech Republic. They extend from the valley of the Red Main River in northeastern Bavaria to the Karlovy Vary Region in western Czech Republic.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 777 metres
- Description: low-mountain range in Bavaria, Germany
- Also known as: “Fichtel Hills”, “Fichtel Mountains”, “Smrčiny”, and “Smrky”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Luisenburg Rock Labyrinth and Kösseine.
Luisenburg Rock Labyrinth
Photo: Derzno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Luisenburg Rock Labyrinth is a felsenmeer made of granite blocks several metres across and is part of the Großes Labyrinth Nature Reserve near Wunsiedel in Germany.
Kösseine
Peak
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The Kösseine is a massif in the High Fichtel mountains in Germany, lying in northeast Bavaria south of Wunsiedel. The highest elevation of this granite massif is the summit of the Große Kösseine, 939 m above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wunsiedel and Marktredwitz.
Wunsiedel
Town
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Wunsiedel is the seat of the Upper Franconian district of Wunsiedel in northeast Bavaria, Germany. The town is the birthplace of poet Jean Paul. It also became known for its annual Luisenburg Festival and the Rudolf Hess Memorial March held there by Neo-Nazis until 2005.
Marktredwitz
Town
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Marktredwitz is a town in the district of Wunsiedel, in Bavaria, Germany, close to the Czech border, 22 km west of Cheb, 50 km east of Bayreuth and 50 km south of Hof/Saale. Marktredwitz station is at the junction of the Nuremberg–Cheb railway and the Munich–Hof railway.
Schönbrunn
Village
Schönbrunn is a village in the heart of the Fichtel Mountains in Bavaria, Germany. Since 1975 it is part of the town Wunsiedel. It has about 1,400 inhabitants, including the village Furthammer.
Fichtelgebirge
- Categories: low mountain range, mountain range, mesoregion, and landform
- Location: Upper Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Frisian—“Fichtelgebirge” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Fichtelgebirge”
- Bulgarian: “Фихтел”
- Bulgarian: “Фичтелгебирге”
- Catalan: “Fichtelgebirge”
- Cebuano: “Fichtelgebirge”
- Chinese: “斯姆尔奇尼山”
- Chinese: “菲希特尔山”
- Czech: “Fichtelgebirge”
- Czech: “Hohes Fichtelgebirge”
- Czech: “Smrčiny”
- Danish: “Fichtelgebirge”
- Dutch: “Fichtelgebergte”
- Dutch: “Fichtelgebirge”
- Esperanto: “Fichtelgebirge”
- Esperanto: “Fiĥtela montaro”
- Esperanto: “Smrčiny”
- Estonian: “Fichtelgebirge”
- French: “Fichtelgebirge”
- German: “Fichtelgebirge”
- German: “Smrčiny”
- Greek: “Όρη Φίχτελ”
- Hebrew: “פיכטלגבירג”
- Hebrew: “פיכטלגבירגה”
- Irish: “Fichtelgebirge”
- Italian: “Fichtelgebirge”
- Japanese: “フィヒテル山地”
- Korean: “피히텔산맥”
- Ladin: “Fichtelgebirge”
- Latin: “Mons Pinifer”
- Latin: “Montes Piceae”
- Latin: “Montes Piniferi”
- Latin: “Piniferus mons”
- Lithuanian: “Fichtelio kalnagūbris”
- Lower Sorbian: “Fichtelowe góry”
- Macedonian: “Смрчини”
- Macedonian: “Фихтелгебирге”
- Macedonian: “Фихтелски Планини”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fichtelgebirge”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fichtelgebirge”
- Norwegian: “Fichtelgebirge”
- Persian: “فیشتلگبیرگه”
- Persian: “کوه های فیشتل”
- Persian: “کوههای فیشتل”
- Polish: “Fichtelgebirge”
- Polish: “Góry Fichtel”
- Polish: “Smrčiny”
- Polish: “Smreczany”
- Romanian: “Fichtelgebirge”
- Russian: “Фихтель”
- Russian: “Фихтельгебирге”
- Slovenian: “Fichtelgebirge”
- Slovenian: “Smrečine”
- Spanish: “Cadena de Fichtelgebirge”
- Spanish: “Fichtelgebirge”
- Swedish: “Fichtelgebirge”
- Upper Sorbian: “Fichtelgebirge”
- Upper Sorbian: “Šmrěčiny”
- Venetian: “Fichtelgebirge”
- Western Frisian: “Fichtelberchtme”
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