Fichtelberg, Bavaria
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#Bayreuth_(district)
Fichtelberg （postcard around 1910/1920） Fichtelberg is a municipality in the district of Bayreuth in Bavaria in Germany.
It is a state-recognised climatic spa.
Fichtelberg lies on the southeastern slopes of the Ochsenkopf, the second highest summit of the Fichtelgebirge mountains, and the most populous place in the Fichtelgebirge Nature Park.
Fichtelberg lies on a major European watershed.
Two rivers rise above the suburb of Neubau, the White Main, one of the two headstreams of the Main, which flows westwards to the Rhine, and the Fichtelnaab, which flows south and enters the Danube.
Since 1857 Fichtelberg has belonged to the Bavarian provinces of Upper Franconia.
The only parish that borders immediately on Fichtelberg is Mehlmeisel.
The origin of the name Fichtelberg, as well as the Fichtelgebirge, is probably to be found in mining lore and not, as long suspected, its dense, spruce forests.
At the time the name originated, pollen analysis shows that in the North Bavarian region mixed forests of beech, fir and spruce existed.
It was only due to the mining and smelting industry, that hardwood species were decimated and faster-growing spruce was planted to supply wood for the mines.
At first, only a mountain called Vythenberg where the St.
Vitus mine was located, was mentioned in a charter of 1317; this later became the Ochsenkopf.
The original name later evolved into the word Vichtel or Fichtel and was eventually used for the entire terrain of present-day Fichtelgebirge.
The first written record of the Viechtlpergs dates to 1508.
The history of the site at Fichtelberg is dominated by ore mining of the mining company Erzgrube Gottesgab im Gleißingerfels am Fichtelberg.
In 1600 the uppermost reaches of the Fichtelnaab valley near the present villages of Neubau and Fichtelberg was still covered with a rugged, forest-covered wild...