The Falkensteiner Vorwald is the gently rolling westernmost part of the
Bavarian Forest in northern
Lower Bavaria
Lower Bavaria (german: Niederbayern, Bavarian: ''Niedabayern'') is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of the state.
Geography
Lower Bavaria is subdivided into two regions () – Landshut and Donau-W ...
and southern
Upper Palatinate
The Upper Palatinate (german: Oberpfalz, , ) is one of the seven administrative districts of Bavaria, Germany, and is located in the east of Bavaria.
Geography
The Upper Palatinate is a landscape with low mountains and numerous ponds and lakes ...
in the German state of
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
.
Geography
Location
The Falkensteiner Vorwald with the market town of
Falkenstein
Falkenstein or Falckenstein ("falcons' stone" in German) may refer to:
Places
Austria
* Falkenstein, Lower Austria, a market town in the district of Mistelbach
Germany
* Falkenstein, Bavaria, a market town in the district of Cham
* Falkenst ...
in the centre, extends southwards to immediately in front of the
Danube
The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...
with
Deggendorf in the far southeast, Straubing roughly to the south and
Regensburg
Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the f ...
immediately southwest. Its western and northwestern extent is roughly marked by the valley of the River
Regen, in the extreme northwest extending as far as
Maxhütte-Haidhof
Maxhütte-Haidhof () is a municipality in the district of Schwandorf, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 21 km north of Regensburg
Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It ...
,
Nittenau
Nittenau () is a municipality in the district of Schwandorf, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Regen, 18 km southeast of Schwandorf, and 24 km northeast of Regensburg.
It is the "sister city" of Lake Zurich, Illinois.
...
and, in the north, to
Roding.
It is adjoined to the west-northwest by the
Danube Hills
The Anterior Bavarian Forest (german: Vorderer Bayerischer Wald), also variously called the Vorderer Forest, Vorderer Wald or Danube Hills, is part of the Bavarian Forest, a low mountain range in Germany.
Name
In older geographical-regional lit ...
. To the southwest it borders on the northwestern edge of the
Regen Depression
The Regen Depression (german: Regensenke) is a wide river valley in the Bavarian Forest along the River Regen.
As natural region major unit no. 404 the Regen Depression belongs to the Upper Palatine-Bavarian Forest and covers an area of 667 ...
, to the southeast on the
Upper Palatine Hills
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 Palatin ...
, to the east on the Central
Franconian Jura and, to the north, on the
Dungau.
Sources
* Emil Meynen, Josef Schmithüsen (editors): ''
Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands
The ''Handbook of Natural Region Divisions of Germany'' (german: Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands) was a book series resulting from a project by the former German Federal Institute for Regional Studies ('' Bundesanstalt für La ...
.'' Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Remagen/Bad Godesberg, 1953–1962 (9 issues in 8 books, updated map at 1:1,000,000 scale with major units, 1960).
* Dietrich-Jürgen Manske: ''Geographische Landesaufnahme:
Die naturräumlichen Einheiten auf Blatt 164 Regensburg.'' Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Bad Godesberg 1981. →&nbs
Online-Karte(PDF; 4,8 MB)
* Klaus Müller-Hohenstein: ''Geographische Landesaufnahme:
Die naturräumlichen Einheiten auf Blatt 165/166 Cham.'' Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Bad Godesberg 1973. →&nbs
online map(pdf; 4.4 MB)
* Willi Czajka, Hans-Jürgen Klink: ''Geographische Landesaufnahme:
Die naturräumlichen Einheiten auf Blatt 174 Straubing.'' Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Bad Godesberg, 1967. →&nbs
online map(pdf; 4.3 MB)
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