The Fichtel Mountain Nature Park () lies in the tri-border area of Saxony, the Czech Republic and Bavaria and has an area of . It is maintained by the Naturpark Fichtelgebirge e. V. in Wunsiedel.
Landscape
The Fichtel Mountains, with their expanse of forests and pasture land, lie on the intersection between the Thuringian Forest, Franconian Forest, Upper Palatine Forest and Ore Mountains. The Fichtel is Germany's main watershed and is a source of the rivers Main, Saale, OhÃ
Âe and Naab. The highest elevations are the Schneeberg at and the Ochsenkopf at . Its main towns are Wunsiedel and Marktredwitz.
Leisure
Sporting pursuits in the area include walking, swimming, cycling and mountain biking, and, in winter skiing and ice-skating.
Nature park information points
There are the following information points:
- Grassemann Open Air Museum (Freilandmuseum Grassemann)
- Forestry, special exhibitions, subject-specific events
- Grassemann 3, 95485 Warmensteinach
- WeiÃÂenstadt Information Shack (Infoscheune WeiÃÂenstadt)
- Water â source of life
- Bayreuther StraÃÂe, 95163 WeiÃÂenstadt
- Kleiner Johannes Mining Information Point (Bergwerksinformationsstelle "Kleiner Johannes")
- Mining and geology
- Altes Bergwerk 1, 95659 Arzberg
- Häuselloh Quarry (Schausteinbruch Häuselloh)
- Extraction and working of granite
- Europäische Natur- und Kulturlandschaft Häuselloh e. V, Hans Popp, Dürrloh 3 95100 Selb
- Zell Information Point (Informationsstelle Zell)
- The Fichtel Mountains cultural landscape - varied habitats
- Rathaus, BahnhofstraÃÂe 10, 95239 Markt Zell im Fichtelgebirge
See also
References
- Franz X. Bogner: Das Fichtelgebirge im Luftbildportrait. Ellwanger Verlag 2008, .
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