Fichtel Mountain Nature Park

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.

Sporting pursuits in the area include walking, swimming, cycling and mountain biking, and, in winter skiing and ice-skating.

There are the following information points:

Grassemann Open Air Museum
* Forestry, special exhibitions, subject-specific events
* Grassemann 3, 95485 Warmensteinach
Weißenstadt Information Shack
* Water – source of life
* Bayreuther Straße, 95163 Weißenstadt
Kleiner Johannes Mining Information Point
* Mining and geology
* Altes Bergwerk 1, 95659 Arzberg
Häuselloh Quarry
* Extraction and working of granite
* Europäische Natur- und Kulturlandschaft Häuselloh e. V, Hans Popp, Dürrloh 3 95100 Selb
Zell Information Point
* The Fichtel Mountains cultural landscape - varied habitats
* Rathaus, Bahnhofstraße 10, 95239 Markt Zell im Fichtelgebirge