Hohe Heide (Fichtel Mountains)
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 The Fichtel Mountains in northeast Bavaria |
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 Location of the Hohe Heide in the Fichtel Mountains |
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| Highest peak | Hohe Heide ( 848 m above sea level ) |
| location | Bavaria , Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 4 ′ N , 11 ° 48 ′ E |
The Hohe Heide (old spelling Haide ) is a long, densely forested ridge in the Fichtelgebirge (northeast Bavaria), west of the Schneeberg .
Naturally , it belongs to the main unit of the Hohes Fichtelgebirge (394). Since September 2010 there has been a preliminary new draft of the natural areas of northeast Bavaria, according to which the Hohe Heide is counted as a finer subunit of the Hohes Fichtelgebirge (in the narrower sense) .
geography
The term Hohe Heide in the narrower sense means the partially swampy high plateau around the highest elevation, the Hohe Heide of the same name ( 848 m above sea level ). To the north-west of it lies the Wetzstein ( 799 m above sea level ) with the protected geotope Wetzsteinfelsen ( 793 m above sea level ) and to the north of this is Vorderer Kapf ( 708 m above sea level ) and Rödelberg ( 688 m above sea level ).
The villages of Bischofsgrün and Gefrees are located on the Hohe Heide.
At the beginning of the 14th century the area was called "Wizzenheide" (White Heath).
Waters
The springs of Eger and Kornbach lie on the northern slope of the Hohe Heide, and the White Main flows past at the southern foot . The legendary Jesus fountain is located in the forest .
Road link
To the south, federal road 303 ( Fichtelgebirgsstrasse ) borders the ridge, to the north, state road No. 2180. The district road BT4 Bischofsgrün - Gefrees runs west of the forest area, to the east the district road BT13 / WUN1 Bischofsgrün - Weißenstadt runs. Until 1750, the old Markgrafenweg road ran across the high plateau in a west-east direction.
history
Originally, the southwestern Fichtelgebirge was divided into two heaths (pastures): The Hohe Heide described here west of the Schneeberg and the Königsheide south of the Ochsenkopf massif , east of the Warm Steinach also called Nasse Heide . The Nasse Heide is today, after its highest point Kreuzstein ( 838 m above sea level ), also known as the Kreuzstein group . The rivers Haidenaab and Tauritzbach , among others, originate in it, and it is bounded in the east by the Fichtelnaab .
Historically, these names are still valid today, as it was not until 1542 that a certain Caspar Brusch wrote a book about the Fichtelgebirge and (without any historical background) only referred to the area between Ochsenkopf and Weidenberg as Königsheide .
Maps
- Fritsch hiking map of the Fichtelgebirge and Steinwald Nature Park No. 52, scale 1: 50,000
literature
- Dietmar Herrmann, Helmut Süssmann: Fichtelgebirge, Bavarian Vogtland, Steinwald, Bayreuther Land: Lexicon. Ackermannverlag, Hof (Saale) 2000, ISBN 3-929364-18-2 , p. 285.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ E. Meynen and J. Schmithüsen : Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany - Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Remagen / Bad Godesberg 1953–1962 (9 deliveries in 8 books, updated map 1: 1,000,000 with main units 1960)
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ^ Karl Heinrich Vollrath: Viola in Northeast Bavaria (page 132-133)
- ↑ Hohe Heide in the Bavaria Atlas
- ↑ Hohe Heide in a physical-statistical description of the Fichtelgebirge
- ↑ Königsheide in a physical-statistical description of the Fichtelgebirge
- ↑ Nasse Heide in a physical-statistical description of the Fichtelgebirge
- ↑ Myrtles for thorns - stories from Weidenberg