The Hercynian Forest was an ancient and dense forest that stretched across Western Central Europe, from Northeastern France to the Carpathian Mountains, including most of Southern Germany, though its boundaries are a matter of debate. It formed the northern boundary of that part of Europe known to writers of Antiquity.

After the exploratory conquests of *Tiberius and Drusus (see claudius drusus, nero) the Hercynian Forest was clearly distinguished from the Alps and was identified with the heights extending round Bohemia and through Moravia to Hungary (Plin.

2023年10月9日 · The two largest forests of Western and Central Europe around 600 BC were the Hercynian Forest and the Bialowieza Forest. Where was the Hercynian Forest located? The Hercynian Forest was located in what is now Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, and Switzerland.

The excerpt below focusses on the famed Hercynian Forest (the ancient collective name for the low mountain ranges north of the Danube and east of the Rhine), which was well-known at least as far back as antiquity, earning mention in Caesar’s Commentarii de bello Gallico [Commentaries on the Gallic War] and other classical texts. The ...

2025年1月21日 · Europe - Hercynian, Orogenic, Belt: The Hercynian, or Variscan, orogenic belt evolved during the Devonian and Carboniferous periods, from about 419 to 299 million years ago.

2024年9月20日 · The Hercynian Forest was an ancient and dense forest that stretched eastward from the Rhine River across southern Germany and formed the northern boundary of that part of Europe known to writers of antiquity.

The Rhenohercynian Zone, named for the Rhine River and the Hercynian Forest of Antiquity, forms a narrow zone through western and central Europe, from Cornwall and Ireland in the west to the Harz mountains of central Germany in the east, including the Rhenish Massif (Ardennes, Taunus, Eifel and Hunsrück).

THE CURIOUS ANIMALS OF THE HERCYNIAN FOREST BY WALTER WOODBURN HYDE University of Pennsylvania In the sixth book of Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic Wars is the well-known description of the Hercynian Forest and its curious animals. The author says (chap. 25) that the forest begins at the frontiers of the Helvetians, Nemetes, and Rauraci

The Hercynian was an ancient forest from roughly Northeastern France to Central Europe. Much of the information that survives is from several Roman sources, such as Julius Caeser. The footnotes of “Eighteen Hundred and Eleven” note that …

The Ore Mountains are geologically considered to be one of the most heavily researched mountain ranges in the world. The Ore Mountains are a Hercynian block tilted so as to present a steep scarp face towards Bohemia and a gentle slope on the German side. [3] They were formed during a lengthy process.