The High Fichtel Mountains, 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-Hufeisen), that rings the Selb-Wunsiedel Plateau.
View of the High Fichtel Mountains
The High Fichtel seen from the Waldstein
Vies of the Fichtelsee and Mehlmeisel from the Schneeberg
The transmission tower on the Schneeberg in Aug 2007
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 important nature park, the Fichtel Mountain Nature Park. The Elster Mountains are a part of the Fichtel Mountains.
The Schneeberg (left) and the Ochsenkopf (right), seen from Heinersreuth
Characteristic landscape in the Fichtel Mountains
View of the Fichtel Mountains from Waldstein
Source of the Saale