Fichtelgebirge

[ fik-tl-guh-bir-guh ]

noun

1. a mountain range in E central Germany, near the Czech border. Highest peak, Schneeberg, 3,447 feet (1,051 meters).

Example Sentences

HOF, a town of Germany, in the Bavarian province of Upper Franconia, beautifully situated on the Saale, on the north-eastern spurs of the Fichtelgebirge, 103 m.

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This aspect of the Culm is found in Saxony, where there are workable coals, in Bohemia, Thuringia, the Fichtelgebirge, the Harz, where the beds are traversed by mineral veins, and in Moravia and Silesia.

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FRANKENWALD, a mountainous district of Germany, forming the geological connexion between the Fichtelgebirge and the Thuringian Forest.

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It is situated at an altitude of about 1500 ft. between the spurs of the Fichtelgebirge, the B�hmerwald and the Erzgebirge, and lies 4 m.

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In central Germany the high plateaus of the Erz and Fichtelgebirge are the coldest regions.

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