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, Saale, Ohře and Naab. The highest elevations are the Schneeberg at and the Ochsenkopf at . Its main towns are Wunsiedel and Marktredwitz.
Leisure Sporting pursuits in the area include walking, swimming, cycling and mountain biking, and, in winter skiing and ice-skating.
Nature park information points There are the following information points: Grassemann Open Air Museum (Freilandmuseum Grassemann) Forestry, special exhibitions, subject-specific events Grassemann 3, 95485 Warmensteinach Weißenstadt Information Shack (Infoscheune Weißenstadt) Water – source of life Bayreuther Straße, 95163 Weißenstadt Kleiner Johannes Mining Information Point (Bergwerksinformationsstelle "Kleiner Johannes") Mining and geology Altes Bergwerk 1, 95659 Arzberg Häuselloh Quarry (Schausteinbruch Häuselloh) Extraction and working of granite Europäische Natur- und Kulturlandschaft Häuselloh e. V, Hans Popp, Dürrloh 3 95100 Selb Zell Information Point (Informationsstelle Zell) The Fichtel Mountains cultural landscape - varied habitats Rathaus, Bahnhofstraße 10, 95239 Markt Zell im Fichtelgebirge
See also List of nature parks in Germany
References
Franz X. Bogner: Das Fichtelgebirge im Luftbildportrait. Ellwanger Verlag 2008, .
External links Fichtel Mountain Nature Park