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HERCYN′IAN FOREST (Lat.hercyniasilva). A name variously applied by the ancientwriters to portions of the central mountain systemof Europe. Aristotle makes the Ister (orDanube) and the other great northern rivers taketheir rise in the Hercynian Forest. Cæsar, whoestimates it at nine days' journey in breadth andsixty in length. comprehends under this name agreat part of the mountain ranges in Germanynorth of the Danube; while some identify it withthe Bohemian Forest, and others with theThuringian Forest. Some geographers apply the termto the complex of mountain ranges, mountaingroups, and plateaus which stretch fromWestphalia across Middle Germany and along thenorthern borders of Austria to the Carpathians.
