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Fichtelgebirge

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[fik-tl-guh-bir-guh] / ˈfɪk tl gəˌbɪr gə /

noun

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


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Though written in the year of the storming of the Tuileries it shows the prose-poet of the Fichtelgebirge as yet untouched by the political convulsions of the time.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno

Strate of transition argillaceous schist in the Fichtelgebirge, which can be traced for a length of 16 miles, are transformed into gneiss only at the two extremities, where they come in contact with granite.

From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

He had his Fichtelgebirge, and you have your hemlock mountains.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 by Various

To the east the Thuringian Forest is connected by the plateau of the Frankenwald with the Fichtelgebirge.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

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