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Sunny early summer afternoon at the peak of the Platte in the Fichtelgebirge near Tröstau.
This peak - an almost 900 m high mountain - is rather low in the Fichtelgebirge, but thanks to a vast field of giant rocks on the summit it offers a magnificent view over the inner Fichtelgebirge and to the east to the Erzgebirge and the Upper Palatinate Forest in the southeast.
Sunny Winterday on Top of Platte Mountain in Fichtelgebirge
Die Eberthütte im Fichtelgebirge, eine Forsthütte am Passübergang zwischen Seehügel und Platte an der...
We see that we see nothing.The peak of Seehügel - 953 m a.m.s.l. - is densely forested. No lookout, ...
Pretty cold winternight with -17°C in sprucemountains-forest near Troestau
The Fichtelseemoor in the Fichtelgebirge is in the saddle between Ochsenkopf and Schneeberg. Here in ...
The Fichtelseemoor in the Fichtelgebirge is in the saddle between Ochsenkopf and Schneeberg. Here in ...
The Fichtelsee is a man-made, former storage pond, which was used as a water reservoir for the wood-a...
An manchen Tagen können die Enten ungestört von Besucherscharen ihre Runden auf dem See drehen. Ein S...
Winterforest in Sprucemountains (Fichtelgebirge) near Seehaus, a nice mountain tavern in near the sum...
Franconia (German: Franken) is a region of Germany comprising the northern parts of the modern state of Bavaria, a small part of southern Thuringia, and a region in northeastern Baden-Württemberg called Heilbronn-Franken. The Bavarian part is made up of the administrative regions of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken), Middle Franconia (Mittelfranken), and Upper Franconia (Oberfranken).
Franconia (like France) is named after the Germanic tribe of the Franks. This tribe played a major role after the breakdown of the Roman Empire and colonised large parts of medieval Europe.
Modern day Franconia comprises only a very tiny and rather remote part of the settlement area of the ancient Franks. In German, Franken is used for both modern day Franconians and the historic Franks, which leads to some confusion. The historic Frankish Empire, Francia, is actually the common precursor of the Low Countries, France and Germany. In 843 the Treaty of Verdun led to the partition of Francia into West Francia (modern day France), Middle Francia (from the Low Countries along the Rhine valley to northern Italy) and East Francia (modern day Germany). Frankreich, the German word for "France", and Frankrijk, the Dutch word for "France"; literally mean "the Frankish Empire".
