Schwarzenbach am Wald

The Franconian Forest (German: Frankenwald , ), is a mid-altitude mountain range in Northern Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the district of Upper Franconia (Oberfranken) and forms the geological connection between the Fichtel Mountains and the Thuringian Forest. It is a broad well-wooded plateau, running for about 45 kilometres (28 mi) in a northwesterly direction, descending gently on the north and eastern sides towards the Saale river, but more precipitously to the Bavarian plain in the west, and attaining its highest elevation in the Döbraberg near Schwarzenbach am Wald (794 metres). Along the centre lies the watershed between the basins of the Main and the Saale, belonging to the systems of the Rhine and Elbe respectively.

Döbraberg () is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany.

Stammbach is a market town and municipality in the district of Hof in Bavaria in Germany.

Geroldsgrün is a municipality in the Hof district of Bavaria, Germany.

On 16 September 1979, eight people from two families escaped from East Germany by crossing the border into West Germany at night in a homemade hot air balloon. The unique feat was the result of over a year and a half of preparations involving three different balloons, various modifications, and a first, unsuccessful attempt. The failed attempt alerted the East German authorities to the plot, but the police were unable to identify the authors before their second, successful flight two months later.

Naila is a town in the Hof district of Bavaria, Germany. It lies in the Franconian Forest. Naila is 18 km (11 mi) from the larger city of Hof, on both banks of the Selbitz river.

Bad Steben is a market town in the district of Hof in Bavaria in Germany. In 2007, Bad Steben celebrated its 175th anniversary as a Bavarian State Spa.

Helmbrechts (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛlmbʁɛçt͡s] ) is a town in the district of Hof, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the southern edge of the Franconian Forest, 20 km southwest of Hof.

Kleinschwarzenbach is a village in the German city of Helmbrechts. Dr. Seuss visited members of the Seuss family there to rediscover his heritage.

The weavers' cottage is a heritage site in the village of Kleinschwarzenbach in Helmbrechts, Bavaria, Germany. It is an example of the cultural heritage and the way of life of the weavers in pre-industrial times in the Franconian Forest.

As a Nazi concentration camp for forced labor, Helmbrechts concentration camp was a women's subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp founded near Helmbrechts near Hof, Germany in the summer of 1944. The first prisoners who came to the camp were political prisoners from the Ravensbrück camp in northern Germany. Later Jewish prisoners were brought.

Presseck is a municipality in the district of Kulmbach in Bavaria in Germany.