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Fichtel Mountain Nature Park
The Fichtel Mountain Nature Park () lies in the tri-border area of Saxony, the Czech Republic and Bavaria and has an area of . It is maintained by the "Naturpark Fichtelgebirge e. V." in Wunsiedel.
Landscape.
The Fichtel Mountains, with their expanse of forests and pasture land, lie on the intersection between the Thuringian Forest, Franconian Forest, Upper Palatine Forest and Ore Mountains. The Fichtel is Germany's main watershed and is a source of the rivers Main,
Fichtel Mountains
The Fichtel Mountains (, ), form a small horseshoe-shaped mountain range in northeastern Bavaria, Germany. They extend from the valley of the Red Main River to the Czech border, a few foothills spilling over into the Czech Republic. They continue in a northeasterly direction as the Ore Mountains, and in a southeasterly direction as the Bohemian Forest. The Fichtel Mountains contain an important nature park, the Fichtel Mountain Nature Park, with an area of .
Origin of the name.
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