The Thuringian-Franconian Highlands (german: Thüringisch-Fränkische Mittelgebirge) are a natural region of Germany which is designated as D48 or 39 by the

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. It consists mainly of a ridge of mountains up to just under 1,000 m high between the

Central Upland The Central UplandsDickinson (1964), p.18 ff. (german: die MittelgebirgeN.B. In German die ''Mittelgebirge'' (plural) refers to the Central Uplands; das ''Mittelgebirge'' refers to a low mountain range or upland region (''Mittel'' = "medium" and ...

areas of the

Thuringian Forest The Thuringian Forest (''Thüringer Wald'' in German), is a mountain range in the southern parts of the German state of Thuringia, running northwest to southeast. Skirting from its southerly source in foothills to a gorge on its north-west side ...

, Thuringian Slate Mountains,

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and

Fichtel Mountains The Fichtel MountainsRandlesome, C. et al. (2011). ''Business Cultures in Europe'', 2nd ed., Routledge, Abingdon and New York, p. 52. . (german: Fichtelgebirge, cs, Smrčiny), form a small horseshoe-shaped mountain range in northeastern Bavaria ...

, and which runs from west and south

Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and lar ...

through

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and southeast to just before the

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border and the so-called

Bohemian Massif The Bohemian Massif ( cs, Česká vysočina or ''Český masiv'', german: Böhmische Masse or ''Böhmisches Massiv'') is a geomorphological province in Central Europe. It is a large massif stretching over most of the Czech Republic, eastern Ger ...

Major natural divisions

*39 (=D48) Thuringian-Franconian Highlands **390 Southern Foreland of the Thuringian Forest **391

**392

Thuringian Highland The Thuringian Highland, Thuringian Highlands or Thuringian-Vogtlandian Slate MountainsKohl, Horst; Marcinek, Joachim and Nitz, Bernhard (1986). ''Geography of the German Democratic Republic'', VEB Hermann Haack, Gotha, p. 7 ff. . (german: Thüring ...

(including the

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) **393 Münchberg Heights **394

High Fichtel Mountains The High Fichtel Mountains (german: Hohes Fichtelgebirge), or High Fichtel, form a mountainous and heavily forested range consisting of several mountain chains in the shape of a horseshoe, the Fichtel Mountain Horseshoe (''Fichtelgebirgs-Hufei ...

**395 Selb-Wunsiedel Plateau **396 Naab-Wondreb Bowl

Sources

* Emil Meynen (ed.): ''Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands.'' Selbstverlag der Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Remagen, 1953-1962 (Part 1, contains Issues 1–5), ISBN B0000BJ19E * Emil Meynen (ed.): ''Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands.'' Selbstverlag der Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Remagen, 1959-1962 (Part 2, contains Issues 6–9), ISBN B0000BJ19F

External links

*BfN fact files:
Nordwestern Thuringian Forest

** ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110721050554/http://www.bfn.de/0311_landschaft.html?landschaftid=39200 High Thuringian Slate Mountains
Schwarza-Sormitz Region

Mountain ranges of Thuringia Mountain ranges of Bavaria Geography of Thuringia Geography of Bavaria Highlands Natural regions of the Central Uplands {{Germany-geo-stub