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The Thuringian Highland Thuringian Highlands or Thuringian-Vogtlandian Slate Mountains〔Kohl, Horst; Marcinek, Joachim and Nitz, Bernhard (1986). ''Geography of the German Democratic Republic'', VEB Hermann Haack, Gotha, p. 7 ff. ISBN 978-3-7301-0522-1.〕 ((ドイツ語:Thüringer Schiefergebirge) or ''Thüringisches Schiefergebirge'', literally "Thuringian Slate Hills") is a low range of mountains in the German state of Thuringia. == Geography == The Thuringian Highland borders on the Thuringian Forest to the southwest. It is plateau about 20 km wide that slopes southeast towards the Saale valley in the area of the Saale Valley Dam and includes parts of the Thuringian Forest and Thuringian Highland and Upper Saale Nature Park. The largest towns in the Thuringian Highland are Saalfeld and Bad Blankenburg which lie on its northern perimeter, Neuhaus am Rennweg in the highest region and Bad Lobenstein on the eastern edge (where it transitions into Franconian Forest). The area includes a total of 4 smaller regions: * upper Saale valley * Plothen Lake District * High slate mountains * Sormitz-Schwarza region The slate mountains of the Vogtland and Thuringian Highland stretch from the Thuringian Forest to the Ore Mountains (''Erzgebirge''). They are between about 300 m to high, and comprise gently rolling hills which are part of the backbone of the Central Uplands. They extend for about 75 km from east to west and 50 km from north to south. Typical features of the landscape are the dolerite peaks or ''Kuppen'' (like the Pöhlde or the Hübel) with their wooded crests. These are made from a volcanic rock, dolerite, which is harder than the surrounding rocks and so weathers more slowly, giving rise to the characteristic ''Kuppen''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thuringian Highland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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