Gratzener Bergland
| Gratzener Bergland (Freiwald) | ||
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| Highest peak | Viehberg ( 1112 m above sea level ) | |
| location | Czech Republic , Upper , Lower Austria | |
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 34 ' N , 14 ° 37' E | |
The Gratzener Bergland (more rarely Gratzener Gebirge ) is part of the Bohemian Massif and extends along the border between the Czech Republic , Upper and Lower Austria . In Bohemia the mountainous region is called Novohradské hory , the Austrian, slightly higher part is called Freiwald .
geography
The low mountain range covers an area of about 20 x 30 km and can be roughly described as the city triangle Budweis - Freistadt - Gmünd .
- The part called Novohradské hory in Bohemia runs from Nové Hrady (Gratzen) - via Benešov nad Černou (German Beneschau) to Horní Dvořiště (Oberhaid) on the Upper Austrian border.
- The Austrian Freiwald runs from Unterhaid / Leopoldschlag to the east and crosses the border between Mühlviertel and Waldviertel at Sandl - south of the triangle . There it branches off to the Weinsberger Wald , while the main ridge swings north to the Tisch- und Nebelstein . Overall, the summit corridor roughly describes the shape of an ellipse and forms the northern border of the granite and gneiss highlands .
The highest mountain is the Viehberg near Sandl with 1112 m, but another 16 mountains exceed the mark of 1000 meters above sea level. Of these, there are 13 peaks in the Austrian part and three in Bohemia .
The area of the mountains on the Czech side is 162 km². There the Kamenec (stone mountain) in the partial mountain range Pohorská hornatina in the area of the municipality Pohorská Ves with 1072 m nm is the highest point.
For the Upper Austrian spatial unit Freiwald and Weinsberger Wald , the Freiwald forms a main part.
The Lower Austrian part of the Freiwald forest is defined as a landscape sub-area according to the state's nature conservation concept.
In the mountains there is the Novohradské hory nature park, established after the fall of the Wall, with many natural beauties such as Terčino údolí , Žofínský prales (Sophien Primeval Forest) or Hojná Voda (Heilbrunn) and others. Overall, the area has remained pretty much untouched. Due to its location on the Iron Curtain , the German-Bohemian part was evacuated after the Second World War and remained undeveloped for tourism. After the opening of the border, the hiking trails were marked again and the tourist infrastructure expanded.
About three quarters of the region are covered by coniferous and deciduous forests. An almost incessant blowing wind often reaches severe storms in autumn.
Lainsitz , Maltsch , Bucherser Bach , Strobnitz and Schwarzau have their source in the Gratzener Bergland .
Mountains over 1000 m
- Viehberg , 1112 m
- Kamenec (Steinberg), 1072 m
- Black wall , 1071 m
- Tischberg , 1063 m
- Taufelberg, approx. 1042 m
- Myslivna (Farrenberg), 1040 m
- Haubenberg, 1036 m
- Vysoká (high forest), 1034 m
- Hundsberg, 1030 m
- Maple stone, 1019 m
- Nebelstein , 1017 m
- Gattringerberg, 1016 m
- Vorderer Schanzer Berg, approx. 1013 m
- Hinterer Schanzer Berg, 1010 m
- Sepplberg , 1004 m
- Bärenstein, 1003 m
- Höllberg, 1000 m
