!!!Böhmisches Massiv

Bohemian Massif, geological term for the granite part of the ancient 
Central European bedrock (types of granite: Weinsberg, Mauthausen, 
Eisgarn; also gneiss and crystalline slate), which comprises southern 
Bohemia, western Moravia and the northern part of Austria. At some 
places, the massif reaches across the Danube towards the south, thus 
narrowing the Danube valley and creating picturesque stretches of 
land: Sauwald region, Kuernberger Wald mountain, Neustadtler Platte 
plateau, Strudengau mountains, Hiesberg mountain and Dunkelsteiner 
Wald hills. The Bohemian massif has eroded to form a wavy central 
block which is some 100 m higher than the surrounding area. Along this 
block runs the main Central European watershed; it also comprises the 
only areas in Austria (apart from Vorarlberg, which drains towards the 
Rhine) where rivers and streams do not flow into the Danube. Towards 
the south and the east, the Bohemian Massif forms a flat stretch 
underneath the younger stones of the  Molasse Zone and further on 
disappears far beneath the Limestone Alps. At a drilling at Berndorf, 
the Bohemian massif was discovered to continue at 5,945 m beneath the 
ground.

!Literature
G. Fuchs and A. Matura, Die Boehmische Masse in 
Oesterreich, in: R. Oberhauser (ed.), Der geologische Aufbau 
Oesterreichs, 1980.


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