The Elster Mountains (german: Elstergebirge, cs, Halštrovské hory) is a small range of mountains, in

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

and the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

, to the west of the Ore Mountains. They lie in a region known as

Vogtland Vogtland (; cz, Fojtsko) is a region spanning the German states of Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia and north-western Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It overlaps with and is largely contained within Euregio Egrensis. The name alludes to the former ...

, and take their name from the River Elster, or more precisely the

White Elster The White Elster
Accessed on 16 Jan 2011. (, ) is a long river in central

Aš. The valley of the

Zwota Zwota is a village and a former municipality in the Vogtlandkreis district, in Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2013, it is part of the town Klingenthal Klingenthal is a town in the Vogtland region, in Saxony, south-eastern Germany. It is situ ...

marks the northeastern border of the Ore Mountains, while to the southwest the valley of the

Eger Eger ( , ; ; also known by other alternative names) is the county seat of Heves County, and the second largest city in Northern Hungary (after Miskolc). A city with county rights. Eger is best known for its castle, thermal baths, baroque build ...

between

Selb Selb is a town in the district of Wunsiedel, in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the Fichtelgebirge, on the border with the Czech Republic, 20 km northwest of Cheb and 23 km southeast of Hof. Selb is well known fo ...

and

Libá Libá (until 1948 ''Libštejn'', german: Liebenstein) is a municipality and village in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants. Administrative parts The village of Hůrka is an administrative pa ...

separates them from the

Fichtelgebirge The Fichtel MountainsRandlesome, C. et al. (2011). ''Business Cultures in Europe'', 2nd ed., Routledge, Abingdon and New York, p. 52. . (german: Fichtelgebirge, cs, Smrčiny), form a small horseshoe-shaped mountain range in northeastern Bavaria ...

. The highest points ''Hoher Brand'' with an elevation of 805m,

Vysoký kámen :''Vysoký kámen, is the name of at least nine hills in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, they are distinguished by their height. This article is on the 773 m summit, in Vogtland'' The stony summit Vysoký kámen (German ''Hoher Stein'') lies 8& ...

(''Hoher Stein'') at 773 m, ''Háj u Aše'' (''Hainberg'') at 758 m and the Kapellenberg at 757 m. The Elster Mountains have many mineral-rich springs on which the

spa town A spa town is a resort town based on a mineral spa (a developed mineral spring). Patrons visit spas to "take the waters" for their purported health benefits. Thomas Guidott set up a medical practice in the English town of Bath in 1668. H ...

s of

Bad Brambach Bad Brambach is a municipality in the Vogtlandkreis district, in Saxony, Germany. It is the southernmost municipality in Saxony and also in what was formerly East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: ...

and

Bad Elster Bad Elster () is a spa town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in Saxony, Germany. It lies on the border of Bavaria and the Czech Republic in the Elster gebirge hills. It is situated on the river White Elster, and is protected from extremes of t ...

Vogtlandkreis The Vogtlandkreis () is a ''Landkreis'' (rural district) in the southwest of Saxony, Germany, at the borders to Thuringia, Bavaria, and the Czech Republic. Neighboring districts are (from south clockwise) Hof, Saale-Orla, Greiz, Zwickau and Erzg ...

were founded; and the Czech spa of

Františkovy Lázně Františkovy Lázně (; german: Franzensbad) is a spa town in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,200 inhabitants. Together with neighbouring Karlovy Vary and Mariánské Lázně, it is part of the West B ...

(''Franzenbad'') was founded. Erlbach-ovl

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This article is sourced from German and Dutch Wikipedia. Ore Mountains Natural regions of Saxony Hill ranges of Germany {{Vogtlandkreis-geo-stub

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