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The
Thuringian Forest (
Thüringer Wald in
German) running northwest to southeast, forms a continuous stretch of ancient rounded mountains posing ample difficulties in transit routing save through a few navigable passes in the southern reaches of the
German state of
Thuringia. It is about long and wide. The highest elevation is the
Großer Beerberg, .
The
Rennsteig (sometimes called
Rennweg) is an ancient path following its summits along the main ridge. It is now a famous hiking path and it marks the traditional boundary between the
hills-dominated terrain of central Germany and the more rugged terrain characteristic of southern Germany, the boundary between central/north
Thuringia and
Franconia. Dialect, and traditional customs and costumes were different on either side of the Rennsteig. The Rennsteig is also subject to the song
Rennsteiglied, the inoffical
hymn of Thuringia.
The Thuringian Forest is famous for
Wartburg Castle outside
Eisenach (where
Martin Luther stayed for some time in exile) and year round tourism, including many
winter sports resorts. In modern
literature, the forest has become famous as a nearby local and strategic barrier for the fictional towns of
Badenburg and
Grantville, WV in the popular
alternate history book
series that began with
Eric Flint's 2000 novel
1632, one act of which involved a
battle at the Wartburg, and its destruction, and a cavalry raid
mounted through the Forest by Catholic forces in the setting during the
Thirty Years' War, as influenced by the town.
Geologically, the Thuringian Forest is defined by a belt of strongly uplifted and deformed
metamorphic and
igneous rock that divides the relatively flat sedementary plains of the
Thüringer Becken (to the northeast) from similar rock formations in the valley of the
Werra (to the southwest). The
Schwarza River, following the axis of the
Schwarzburg anticline (
Schwarzburger Sattel), divides the Thuringinan Forest from the slate hills of Thuringia and Franconia, to the southeast
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) Ore deposits associated with this upthrust have been of significant historical importance in the development of the region, for example, in
Suhl(External Link) and
Ilmenau(External Link).
Sunrise on the mountain Ruppberg near Zella-Mehlis (Thuringian Forest, Germany)
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