Upper Palatine Hills
The Upper Palatine Hills is a Hercynian range of rolling hills and valleys running from the Upper Palatine-Bavarian Forest in the east and the Franconian Jura in the west. It lies mostly within the Bavarian province of Upper Palatinate, hence the name. The range, which is oriented northwest to southeast, is about 100 kilometres long, but only between 7 and 35 kilometres wide and covers and area of 2,000 km². The best known settlements are Weiden, Amberg and Schwandorf.
