Landkreis Hof photos
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Landscape in the Franconian Forest, with a view over the spa town of Bad Steben, May 2006
rainer ullrich
rainer ullrich
Germany / Bavaria / Franconian Forest
531 1200x900 Px, 13.05.2016
View from the Lichtenberg castle ruins over the landscape in the Franconian Forest, May 2012
rainer ullrich
rainer ullrich
Germany / Bavaria / Franconian Forest
509 1200x798 Px, 07.02.2016
View from the Lichtenberg castle ruins over the landscape in the Franconian Forest, with the town of Blankenstein in the background, May 2012
rainer ullrich
rainer ullrich
Germany / Bavaria / Franconian Forest
599 1200x798 Px, 07.02.2016
Hydroelectric Power Plant Höllental/Upper Franconia - Water Tower. To harness the hydropower of the Selbitz River in the Franconian Höllental, a strong gradient is needed. The valley of the small river does not provide this. Therefore, almost 2 kilometers upstream from the power plant, the water is dammed at a weir and channeled through pipelines to the power plant. There, it is temporarily stored in a water tower and then fed to the turbine from a height of just over 30 meters. 13.08.2012
Ivonne Pitzius
Ivonne Pitzius
Germany / Bavaria / Upper Franconia
1396 768x1024 Px, 08.12.2012
The Hirschsprung is not only found in the Black Forest in the Höllental but also in the "Franconian" Höllental. The Höllental in Upper Franconia stretches from the village of Hölle to Blechschmidtenhammer (Lichtenberg) in the valley of the Selbitz.
The actual landmark of the Höllental is the Hirschsprung, the wooden carved depiction of a jumping stag. The life-sized sculpture is located on a rock ledge 80 meters above the valley floor.
The "Franconian Höllentalbahn" once ran through the valley from Marxgrün to Blankenstein (Thuringia).
13.08.2012
Ivonne Pitzius
Ivonne Pitzius
Germany / Bavaria / Upper Franconia
1236 1024x768 Px, 07.12.2012