Český les

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Oberpfälzer Wald Upper Palatinate Forest
Map of Bavaria highlighting the Regierungsbezirk of Upper Palatinate Forest
State	Bavaria
Web page	www.oberpfaelzerwald.de

Český les is the Czech name for a part of a mountain range, which on the other side is in the Upper Palatinate of Bavaria, Germany, bordering to the Czech Republic. In the 20th century the mountain part was given to a newly established Czechoslowakia and called Český les.

It is a mountainous solid mass, its highest point being at an altitude of 1042m. The area features many hiking trails.

Highest points are:

Čerchov (German: Schwarzkopf; 1042 m), Czech Rep.

Dyleň (German: Tillenberg; 939 m), Czech Rep.

Entenbühl (901 m), Bavaria / Germany

Weingartenfels (896 m), Bavaria / Germany

Signalberg (888 m), Bavaria / Germany

Reichenstein (874 m), Bavaria / Germany

Frauenstein (835 m), Bavaria / Germany

Schellenberg (829 m), Bavaria / Germany

Stückstein (808 m), Bavaria / Germany

Steinberg (802 m), Bavaria / Germany

Fahrenberg (801 m), Bavaria / Germany

Schwarzwihrberg / Schloßberg (706 m), Bavaria / Germany

Johannisberg (605 m), Bavaria / Germany

[edit] Important towns (all within Germany)

• Amberg
• Bärnau
• Bechtsrieth
• Eslarn
• Falkenberg
• Floß
• Flossenbürg
• Freudenberg
• Leuchtenberg
• Mantel
• Moosbach
• Nabburg
• Neualbenreuth
• Neunburg vorm Wald
• Niedermurach
• Pleystein
• Plößberg
• Oberviechtach
• Rötz
• Schirmitz
• Schönsee
• Schwandorf
• Tännesberg
• Tirschenreuth
• Vohenstrauß
• Waidhaus
• Waldmünchen
• Waldsassen
• Waldthurn
• Weiden

[edit] External links

• www.oberpfaelzerwald.de - Oberpfälzerwald.de
• www.oberpfaelzer-waldverein.de - Oberpfälzer Waldverein
• www.heimat-now.de - Informationen zur Ruine Schellenberg
• www.bocklradweg.de - Bahntrassenradeln und Infos über den Oberpfälzer Wald