Vogtland

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Vogtland is a hilly, historically rich region in central Europe spanning parts of Saxony, Thuringia, Bavaria, and the Czech Republic, known for its musical instrument making and scenic landscapes.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Lower Vogtland 1
Upper Vogtland 1
Vogtland region 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
historical region
region
borderedBy Erzgebirge
surface form: Erzgebirge foothills

Fichtel Mountains
Franconian Forest
Ore Mountains
contains Adorf (Vogtland)
Auerbach (Vogtland)
Bad Brambach
Bad Elster
Cheb region
Falkenstein (Vogtland)
Greiz
Hof (Saale)
Klingenthal
Markneukirchen
Oelsnitz (Vogtland)
Plauen
Reichenbach im Vogtland
Schöneck (Vogtland)
hasAdministrativeCenter Plauen
hasCulturalTradition folk music
instrument-making guilds
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
forestry
light industry
tourism
hasHighestPoint Kuhberg (Schöneck)
hasHistoricalRole territory of imperial advocates in the Holy Roman Empire
hasLandform hills
plateaus
valleys
hasSubregion Vogtland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lower Vogtland

Vogtland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Upper Vogtland
knownFor bowed string instruments
brass instrument manufacturing
musical instrument making
scenic landscapes
spa towns
violin making
winter sports
woodwind instrument manufacturing
locatedIn Central Europe
namedAfter Vogt (advocate)
partlyLocatedIn Bohemia
partOf Bavaria
Czech Republic
Saxony
surface form: Free State of Saxony

Germany
Thuringia NERFINISHED
traversedBy Saale
surface form: Saale River

White Elster River NERFINISHED

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saxony hasRegion Vogtland
Vogtland hasSubregion Vogtland self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Upper Vogtland
Vogtland hasSubregion Vogtland self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lower Vogtland
Plauen historicalRegion Vogtland
Plauen partOf Vogtland
this entity surface form: Vogtland region