Slatinný les

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The Slatinný les (German: Gärberhau) in the eastern Fichtelgebirge is a forest area almost completely covered with spruce forests . Originally the Gärberhau was a forest department of the Liebensteiner Forest . Only after the re-division by the Czechoslovak authorities, this forest area was called Slatinný les .

As Czech part of Selb-Wunsiedler plateau it is a flat corrugated hills between 500 and 670  m nm Geographically it belongs to Hazlovská pahorkatina (German about: Haslauer hills), a subunit of something about the commonly as Fichtelgebirge beyond specified area geomorphology main unit Smrčiny ( German: Fichtelgebirge) according to the Czech system .

geography

The Slatinný les stretches in the north from Mühlbach bei Selb along the border with Germany to the south to northwest of Buchwald and in the east from Nový Žďár (German: Neuenbrand) to Hazlov (German: Haslau). In the north, the -Hazlov railway line and the Ostrožký potok (German: Holzbergbach) valley form the border.

To the north of this area lies the Novožďárský les (German: Neuenbrand Revier), south of the Polenský les (German: Hirschfelder Revier).

geology

Geologically , the mountain range consists essentially of granite . The history of its orogeny begins in the Precambrian about 750–800 million years ago - the mountains cover almost 20% of the earth's history , which only applies to a few of the rump mountains that still exist today . The mountain range is often interspersed with basalt cones .

mountains

The highest mountain in Slatinný les is Goethův vrch (German: Goethestein) with 670  m nm

Localities

Smaller places such as Nový Žďár , Skalka (German: Rommersreuth), Hazlov (German: Haslau) and some hamlets and wastelands are scattered in and around Slatinný les .

Waters

The rivers Slatinný potok (German: Schladabach) and Ostrožký potok , as well as chains of ponds on the eastern and southern edge of the forest.

proof

  1. ^ Heinrich Berghaus: The Fichtel Mountains and the Franconian Jura in: Deütschlands Höhen - Contributions to the exact knowledge of the same (1834), on books.google.de
  2. DEMEK J. a kol .: Zeměpisný lexikon ČSR - Hory a nížiny, Academia, Praha 1987 s. 222

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