Hohe Matze
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The Hohe Matze, also known as the Hohe Mätze, is a mountain in the southern part of the Fichtelgebirge
Mountains of central Germany. It lies between Nagel
and Tröstau
, and its high summit is a jumble of oval-shaped rocks. There are numerous trails through its wooded slopes.
On the Hohe Matze was once supposed to have been the castle of Karlstein, but there is no record of it in historical documents. Its name, given in 1393 as mazen, and later as meze or mätze, translates into high German as Weideberg or "willow mountain".
The watershed between the North Sea
and the Black Sea
runs over the Hohe Matze, as does the 50th parallel and the Höhenweg walking trail.
Fichtelgebirge
The Fichtelgebirge is a mountain range in northeastern Bavaria, Germany. It extends from the valley of the Red Main River to the Czech border, a few foothills spilling over into the Czech Republic. It continues in a northeastern direction as the Ore Mountains, and in a southeastern direction as...
Mountains of central Germany. It lies between Nagel
Nagel, Bavaria
Nagel is a municipality in the district of Wunsiedel in Bavaria in Germany....
and Tröstau
Tröstau
Tröstau is a municipality in the district of Wunsiedel in Bavaria in Germany....
, and its high summit is a jumble of oval-shaped rocks. There are numerous trails through its wooded slopes.
On the Hohe Matze was once supposed to have been the castle of Karlstein, but there is no record of it in historical documents. Its name, given in 1393 as mazen, and later as meze or mätze, translates into high German as Weideberg or "willow mountain".
The watershed between the North Sea
North Sea
In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...
and the Black Sea
Black Sea
The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...
runs over the Hohe Matze, as does the 50th parallel and the Höhenweg walking trail.