The Fichtelgebirge - a landscape with many stories and full of history: scary skeletons in the dark caves, dilapidated castle ruins on the valleys or joy of living Baroque churches and palaces. Lovers who like to browse past, will quickly notice the Fichtelgebirge offers a fascinating diversity.
In the Fichtelgebirge can be traced back to the Stone Age human life traces back. Today's field was in the last ice age in a zone without ice. This had advantages for the local population - in two respects: in the ice-free waters, there were plenty of fresh fish and thus sufficient food. Caves or rock roofs provide housing for the Frankish "indigenous people".
In the early history of Celts settled in the region. They built huge Ringwälle as today Walberla in Forchheim.
The funds Fichtelgebirge mountain range was never a political and economic entity. Later, during the Middle Ages and until well into the modern age could not be reached. The history of this region will determine the mighty cities on the periphery: Bayreuth, Nuremberg, and especially of Bamberg. An amendment brought only the Congress of Vienna with him, as the Kingdom of Bavaria Frankish einverleibte areas.
