!!!Günser Gebirge

Guens Mountains, Burgenland, also called Rechnitzer Schiefergebirge 
(slate mountains), together with the Bernsteiner Gebirge mountains 
also referred to as Guenser Sporn, form the dividing line between 
central and southern Burgenland; they rise in the plains near Guens 
(Koeszeg, Hungary), extend in a western direction over the 
Geschriebenstein (884 m) and the Grosse Hirschenstein mountains 
(862 m) to the Holzschlag col and Goberling; their northern 
boundary is marked by the Guens valley. They are made up of 
metamorphic, crystalline schists, which closely resemble rock 
formations in the Hohe Tauern mountains and occupy a special position 
in geology ("Rechnitz" tectonic window). They are completely covered 
with woods and crossed by the road between Lockenhaus and Rechnitz. 
Formerly rich mineral deposits (iron pyrites at Glashuetten, copper 
pyrites at Schlaining, asbestos at Rechnitz, antimony at 
Stadtschlaining). On the southern slopes, wine and fruit-growing, 
sweet-chestnut cultivation.


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