- Elstergebirge
The Elstergebirge is a small range of hills, in
Saxony and theCzech Republic , on the west of theErzgebirge . They lie in a region known asVogtland , and take their name from the River Elster, or more precisely the Weißen Elster which has its source in these hills, near the Czech town ofAš .The valley of the Zwota marks the north eastern borderErzgebirge while to the south west the valley of theEger betweenSelb andLibá separates them from theFichtelgebirge . The highest points "Hoher Brand" with a altitude of 805m,Vysoký kámen ("Hoher Stein")at 773 m, "Háj u Aše" ("Hainberg") at 758 m and theKapellenberg at 757 m.The Elstergebirge have many mineral rich springs on which thespa town s ofBad Brambach andBad Elster inVogtlandkreis were founded; and the Czech spa ofFrantiškovy Lázně (Franzenbad) was founded.References
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