FICHTELGEBIRGE

fĭkhˈtəlgəbĭrˌgə, mountain knot, in SE Germany, between Bayreuth and the Czech border; rises to 3,447 ft (1,051 m) in Schneeberg peak. The rugged mountains are composed mainly of metamorphic rock. The Erzgebirge, Bohemian Forest, Thuringian Forest, and Franconian Jura radiate from them, and the Saale and Main rivers originate there. The Fichtelgebirge have dense pine forests and are dotted with resorts. The mountains were once rich in a variety of minerals, but now only lignite and iron are found in large quantities. Selb, the chief town of the region, is a major center for porcelain production. Other major industries include cotton textiles, forestry, granite quarrying, and tourism.

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Faunal Lists and Descriptions of Paleozoic Corals
Book by R. S. Bassler; Geological Society of America, 1950
Subjects: Corals, Fossil, Paleontology--Paleozoic
...Cypridina slates below: Elbersreuth in Fichtelgebirge of Bavaria Brilon Enkeberg B ; Velbert...Munster, 1839 ?Upper Devonian of Fichtelgebirge, see Silurian of Elbersreuth, Bavaria...Geigen near Hof, northeast Bavaria. Fichtelgebirge Aulopora tubaeformis? Goldfuss...
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Marginal Europe: The Contribution of Marginal Lands since the Middle Ages
Book by Sidney Pollard; Oxford University, 1997
Subjects: Industrialization--Europe--History, Land Use--Europe--History, Waste Lands--Europe--History
...were the Bavarian Forest, the Upper Palatinate, and the Fichtelgebirge. All three were wooded and mountainous, as well as stretching...the heights of the Middle Ages were not regained. In the Fichtelgebirge, iron mining and smelting continued until the nineteenth...
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The Hidden Hitler
Book by Lothar Machtan, John Brownjohn; Basic Books, 2001
Subjects: Heads Of State--Germany--Biography, Hitler, Adolf--1889-1945--Friends And Associates, Hitler, Adolf--1889-1945--Sexual Behavior
...car journeys, notably at the Hotel Bube in Berneck in the Fichtelgebirge." And Ziegler tells how he once helped Hitler to slip...twenty-four hours in nearby Berneck on the edge of the Fichtelgebirge.... Sometime, somewhere he needed an El Dorado...
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Germany in Power and Eclipse: The Background of German Development
Book by James K. Pollock, Homer Thomas, Willett F. Ramsdell, Clark Trow, Manfred C. Vernon; Van Nostrand, 1952
Subjects: Germany--Administrative And Political Divisions, Germany--History, Germany--Politics And Government
...Bavarian and Bohemian Forest and the hills surrounding the valley of the Nab River, which rises in the Fichtel Mountains Fichtelgebirge . 3 The Swabian area, embracing most of the state of Wiirttemberg, and lying to the south of the Main Valley area, is...
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Visio Pacis, Holy City and Grail: An Attempt at an Inner History of the Grail Legend
Book by Helen Adolf; Pennsylvania State University Press, 1960
Subjects: Fiction, Grail
...Lake scene, by using atmospheric light effects only, produces a dreamlike, cathedral-like view of a Fichtelsee in the Fichtelgebirge, then the Meadow scene should have done something comparable; instead, it now uses an abstract design, which not only...
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Fichtelgebirge
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FICHTELGEBIRGE fikh t lg bir g , mountain knot, in SE Germany, between Bayreuth...radiate from them, and the Saale and Main rivers originate there. The Fichtelgebirge have dense pine forests and are dotted with resorts. The mountains...
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Bavaria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...comprises part of this plateau and part of the Bohemian Forest. Franconia, in N Bavaria, includes the Frankenwald, the Fichtelgebirge , and the Main valley. Swabia, in SW Bavaria, is part of the Danubian plateau. The Upper Palatinate, in NE Bavaria...
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Franconia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...NE Bavaria, is a hilly, forested region, drained by the Main and Pegnitz rivers. It includes the Frankenwald and the Fichtelgebirge near the Czech border. Bayreuth, the capital, and Bamberg, Coburg, and Hof are the chief cities and industrial centers...
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Main
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...near Kulmbach, E central Germany, by the confluence of the Roter Main and the Weisser Main, both of which rise in the Fichtelgebirge. It then winds generally west through the rich farmland of central Germany and past the industrial areas of Schweinfurt...
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Frankenwald
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FRANKENWALD frang k nvalt, Eng. Franconian Forest, wooded plateau, in central Germany, between the Fichtelgebirge and the Thuringian Forest. Dobraberg is the highest (2,608 ft/795 m) point. Barley growing and cattle raising are important...
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