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Fichtelgebirge
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Fichtelgebirge , mountain knot, in SE Germany, between Bayreuth and the Czech border...radiate from them, and the Saale and Main rivers originate there. The Fichtelgebirge have dense pine forests and are dotted with resorts. The mountains...
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Main
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...near Kulmbach, E central Germany, by the confluence of the Roter Main and the Weisser Main, both of which rise in the Fichtelgebirge. It then winds generally west through the rich farmland of central Germany and past the industrial areas of Schweinfurt...
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Franconia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...NE Bavaria, is a hilly, forested region, drained by the Main and Pegnitz rivers. It includes the Frankenwald and the Fichtelgebirge near the Czech border. Bayreuth, the capital, and Bamberg, Coburg, and Hof are the chief cities and industrial centers...
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Frankenwald
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Frankenwald , Eng. Franconian Forest, wooded plateau, in central Germany, between the Fichtelgebirge and the Thuringian Forest. Döbraberg is the highest (2,608 ft/795 m) point. Barley growing and cattle raising...
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Bavaria
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...comprises part of this plateau and part of the Bohemian Forest. Franconia, in N Bavaria, includes the Frankenwald, the Fichtelgebirge , and the Main valley. Swabia, in SW Bavaria, is part of the Danubian plateau. The Upper Palatinate, in NE Bavaria...
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Saale
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Saale , river, c.265 mi (430 km) long, rising in the Fichtelgebirge, central Germany, and flowing generally N through E central Germany, past Jena, Naumberg (the head of navigation), and Halle...
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Erzgebirge
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...scaron;né Hory, mountain range, along the Czech-German border, extending c.95 mi (150 km) from the Fichtelgebirge in the southwest to the Elbe River in the northeast. It reaches its highest point (4,080 ft/1,244 m) in Klí...
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