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Železná Hůrka
Železná hůrka () is an extinct Quaternary volcano and a Protected areas of the Czech Republic, national nature monument in the Fichtel Mountains in the Czech Republic. Location Železná hůrka is located about 1 km south of Mýtina in the Lipová (Cheb District), Lipová municipality, in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It lies in the easternmost part of the Fichtel Mountains. The area has also other manifestations of volcanic activity. Another Quaternary volcano, Komornà hůrka, is located nearby. CO2 outgassing occurs in the area. Metallic iron The name means "iron hill" in Czech. Fragments of metallic iron are found in the local basalt deposits. Iron usually occurs on Earth only in the oxidized form, as iron ore, and needs to be processed into metallic iron by smelting. It is thought that in the Železná hůrka area, iron-rich magma entered coal deposits which caused iron compounds to be reduced to metallic iron, in a process similar to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fichtel Mountains
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. Etymology The first person to write about the Fichtel Mountains, Matthias of Kemnath (actually Matthias Widmann, born 23 February 1429 in Kemnath) reported in 1476: ''Ein bergk, hoch, weitt, wolbekant ligt in Beiern, gnant der Fichtelberg'' ("A mountain, high, wide and well-known, lies in Bavaria, known as the Fichtelberg"). In descriptions of the border in 1499 and 1536, the mountain that is now called the Ochsenkopf (Fichtel Mountains), Ochsenkopf was called ''Vichtelberg''; thereafter the name was extended to the whole mountain region. It is also mentioned in old documents: around 1317 the lords of Hirschberg were enfeof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
