Fichtelgebirge Nature Park
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Fichtelgebirge Nature Park
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| location | Bavaria , Germany | |
| surface | 1,011.073 km² | |
| Identifier | NP-00011 | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 4 ' N , 12 ° 0' E | |
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| Setup date | 1971 | |
The Fichtelgebirge Nature Park was founded in 1971 and is located in the triangle of Saxony , the Czech Republic and Bavaria and is 1011 km² in size. It is supported by the association Naturpark Fichtelgebirge e. V. received in Wunsiedel .
landscape
The Fichtelgebirge with its extensive forest and pasture areas lies at the intersection of the Thuringian Forest , Franconian Forest , Upper Palatinate Forest and Ore Mountains . The Fichtelgebirge is the main watershed in Germany and the headwaters of the Main , Saale , Eger and Naab rivers . The highest elevations are the Schneeberg (1051 m) and the Ochsenkopf (1024 m). The main places are Wunsiedel and Marktredwitz .
leisure
Sports options include hiking, swimming, cycling and mountain biking, and in winter also skiing and ice skating.
Nature park information points
The following information points exist:
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Grassemann open air museum
- Forest use, special exhibitions, topic-specific events
- Grassemann 3, 95485 Warmensteinach
- Weißenstadt information barn
- Water - source of life
- Bayreuther Strasse, 95163 Weißenstadt
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Mine information point "Kleiner Johannes"
- Mining and geology
- Altes Bergwerk 1, 95659 Arzberg
- Schausteinbruch Häuselloh
- Extraction and processing of granite, European natural and cultural landscape Häuselloh e. V, Hans Popp, Dürrloh 3 95100 Selb
- Information point Zell
- Fichtelgebirge cultural landscape - diverse habitats
- Town hall, Bahnhofstrasse 10, 95239 Markt Zell in the Fichtelgebirge
- Hammer lock and Leupoldsdorf ponds
- History of the Leupoldsdorf hammer mill, the use of water power and metal processing, special exhibitions
- Gatehouse of the Hammerschloss, Schlossallee, 95709 Tröstau-Leupoldsdorf
See also
literature
- Franz X. Bogner: The Fichtel Mountains in an aerial portrait . Ellwanger Verlag 2008, ISBN 978-3925361685 .
Web links
Individual evidence