The Kunisch Mountains (german: Künisches Gebirge; cz, Královský Hvozd, meaning "Royal Forest") is a range that includes part of the

Bavarian Forest The village of Zell in the Bavarian Forest The Bavarian Forest (German: ' or ''Bayerwald''; bar, Boarischa Woid) is a wooded, low-mountain region in Bavaria, Germany that is about 100 kilometres long. It runs along the Czech border and is co ...

and the central

Bohemian Forest The Bohemian Forest, known in Czech as Šumava () and in German as Böhmerwald, is a low mountain range in Central Europe. Geographically, the mountains extend from Plzeň Region and South Bohemia in the Czech Republic to Austria and Bavaria ...

, with its main chain between the Osser and the

Zwercheck Zwercheck ( cz, Svaroh) is a mountain of the Bavarian Forest (german: Bayerischer Wald) and Bohemian Forest The Bohemian Forest, known in Czech as Šumava () and in German as Böhmerwald, is a low mountain range in Central Europe. Geographi ...

close to

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 ...

. From a geological perspective the Kunisch Mountains occupy a special position, because they are made of

mica schist Schist ( ) is a medium-grained metamorphic rock showing pronounced schistosity. This means that the rock is composed of mineral grains easily seen with a low-power hand lens, oriented in such a way that the rock is easily split into thin flakes ...

instead of the

gneiss Gneiss ( ) is a common and widely distributed type of metamorphic rock. It is formed by high-temperature and high-pressure metamorphic processes acting on formations composed of igneous or sedimentary rocks. Gneiss forms at higher temperatures a ...

es and

granite Granite () is a coarse-grained ( phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies under ...

s that are common elsewhere in the Bavarian Forest. It has good farming soils and heavy precipitation which often falls as snow and ice in winter.

Literature

* ''Im Landes der künischen Freibauern. Heimatbuch für den mittleren Böhmerwald.'' (Landkreis Bergreichenstein und angrenzende Gebiete); Herausgeber: Volkskundlicher Arbeitskreis für den mittleren Böhmerwald "Künische Freibauern" e.V., Verlag Morsak, Grafenau (Niederbayern) 1979, , pp. 5–839. * Johanna von Herzogenberg: ''Zwischen Donau und Moldau. Bayerischer Wald und Böhmerwald - Das Mühlviertel und Südböhmen.'' Prestel-Verlag, Munich, 1968, pp. 5–350. (with an overview map) * ''Südböhmen.'' In: Lillian Schacherl: ''Böhmen - Kulturbild einer Landschaft.'' Prestel-Verlag, Munich, 1966, pp. 139–212.

External links

Aktionsbündnis - Künisches Gebirge

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