Thuringian Forest

Thuringian Forest
Thüringer Wald
View from Schneekopf towards Oberhof
Highest point
Peak	Großer Beerberg
Elevation	983 m (3,225 ft)
Coordinates	50°39′34″N 10°44′42″E / 50.65944°N 10.74500°E / 50.65944; 10.74500
Geography
Country	Germany
Region	Thuringia
Range coordinates	50°40′N 10°45′E / 50.667°N 10.750°E / 50.667; 10.750
Geology
Orogeny	Variscan, Saxonian
Age of rock	Paleozoic
Type of rock	sedimentary, metamorphic, magmatic

The Thuringian Forest^[1][2] (Thüringer Wald in German pronounced [ˈtyːʁɪŋɐ ˈvalt] ^ⓘ) is a mountain range in the southern parts of the German state of Thuringia, running northwest to southeast. Skirting from its southerly source in foothills to a gorge on its north-west side is the Werra valley. On the other side of the Forest is an upper outcrop of the North German Plain, the Thuringian Basin, which includes the city Erfurt. The south and south-east continuation of the range is the highland often called the Thuringian-Vogtlandian Slate Mountains.^[a]

Among scattered foothills at its northern foot are the towns Eisenach, Gotha, Arnstadt and Ilmenau. The town of Suhl sits in a slight dip on the range itself.

In October 1806, Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Saxony with his "Grande Armée," fighting the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt near the wood. This battle, part of the War of the Fourth Coalition, is generally regarded as the basis of Napoleon's success over the Alliance.

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