Upper Palatine Hills
Upper Palatine Hills (Oberpfälzisches Hügelland) | |
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Dimensions | |
Length | 100 km (62 mi) |
Area | 2,004.9 km2 (774.1 sq mi) |
Geography | |
State | Upper Palatinate, Upper Franconia, Bavaria |
Range coordinates | 49°26′40″N 11°50′54″E / 49.4444°N 11.8483°ECoordinates: 49°26′40″N 11°50′54″E / 49.4444°N 11.8483°E |
Parent range | Upper Palatine-Upper Main Hills |
Geology | |
Age of rock | c. 6 million years |
Type of rock | various, mostly Rotliegendes or bunter sandstone |
The Upper Palatine Hills (German: Oberpfälzisches Hügelland, also Oberpfälzisches Hügel- und Bergland or Oberpfälzer Bruchschollenland) is a Hercynian range of rolling hills (Hügelland) and valleys running from the Upper Palatine-Bavarian Forest in the (north-)east and the Franconian Jura in the (south-)west. It lies mostly within the Bavarian province of Upper Palatinate, hence the name. The range, which is oriented northwest to southeast, is about 100 kilometres long, but only between 7 and 35 kilometres wide and covers and area of 2,000 km². The best known settlements are (from northwest to southeast) Weiden (Ostrand), Amberg and Schwandorf.
Sources and external links[]
- BfN landscape fact files:
- Upper Palatine Hills
- Grafenwöhr Training Area
- Naab valley between Wernberg and Maxhütte (only partly in the Upper Palatine Hills)
- Upper Palatine Hills
- Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
Categories:
- Natural regions of the Upper Palatine-Upper Main Hills
- Hill ranges of Bavaria
- Upper Palatinate
- Bayreuth (district)