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The Elster Mountains (, ) is a small mountain range within the 
Fichtel Mountains
The Fichtel Mountains (, ; ) is a mountain range in Germany and the Czech Republic. They extend from the valley of the Red Main River in northeastern Bavaria to the Karlovy Vary Region in western Czech Republic. The Fichtel Mountains contain an ...
in Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
and the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
. They lie in a region known as Vogtland
Vogtland (; ) is a region spanning the German states of Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia and north-western Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It overlaps with and is largely contained within Euroregio Egrensis. The name alludes to the former leadershi ...
, and take their name from the river Elster, or more precisely the White Elster
The White Elster (, ) is a river in central Europe. It is a right tributary of the Saale. The source of the White Elster is in the westernmost part of the Czech Republic, in the territory of Hazlov. After a few kilometres, it flows into easte ...
which has its source in these hills, near the Czech town of Aš.
The valley of the Svatava Svatava may refer to places:
* Svatava (river), a river in the Czech Republic and Germany
* Svatava (Sokolov District), a market town in the Czech Republic
*Svatava, a village and part of Černovice (Pelhřimov District) in the Czech Republic
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marks the northeastern border between the Elster Mountains and the Ore Mountains
The Ore Mountains (, or ; ) lie along the Czech–German border, separating the historical regions of Bohemia in the Czech Republic and Saxony in Germany. The highest peaks are the Klínovec in the Czech Republic (German: ''Keilberg'') at ab ...
. The highest points ''Hoher Brand'' with an elevation of 805 m, Vysoký kámen at 773 m, ''Háj u Aše'' at 758 m and the Kapellenberg at 757 m.
The Elster Mountains have many mineral-rich springs on which the spa town
A spa town is a resort town based on a mineral spa (a developed mineral spring). Patrons visit spas to "take the waters" for their purported health benefits.
Thomas Guidott set up a medical practice in the English town of Bath, Somerset, Ba ...
s of Bad Brambach and Bad Elster in Vogtlandkreis
The Vogtlandkreis () is a ''Landkreis'' (List of German rural districts, rural district) in the southwest of Saxony, Germany, at the borders of Thuringia, Bavaria, and the Czech Republic. Neighbouring districts are (from south clockwise) Hof (dist ...
were founded; and the Czech spa of Františkovy Lázně was founded.
See also
*List of regions of Saxony
A classification of the various regions of Saxony cannot be achieved in any uniform or standard way, as the commonly used names usually represent a mixture of historical regions and geographical features. Many well-known names of regions, such as ...
References
This article is sourced from German and Dutch Wikipedia. Natural regions of Saxony Hill ranges of Germany Geography of the Karlovy Vary Region Mountain ranges of the Czech Republic {{Vogtlandkreis-geo-stub