Talk:Hercynian Forest

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The introduction of the article says "The Hercynian Forest was an ancient and dense forest that stretched eastward from the Rhine River. The ancient sources are equivocal about how far east. All agree that the Black Forest formed the western side of the Hercynian." Isn't that somewhat contradictory? Stretching eastwards from the Rhine River means that the Rhine River forms the western border of the forest. How can then the Black Forest, which is around 20km away from the Rhine River, form the western side? Maybe 20km is not very much compared to the extend of the forest, but still it seems a bit inaccurate. But since I'm not an expert on the topic, I did not attempt to make any changes.--Dontaskme 02:35, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Erzgebirge

I'm a little curious at this. Is this a suggestion that Erz is derived from the old Germanic word "Miriquido" (listed at de:Erzgebirge) which would in turn be derived from Hercynia? The name "Erzgebirge" is traditionally derived from 12th century mining. Olessi 07:39, 18 August 2005 (UTC)