Hercynia
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Hercynia may refer to:
- The Hercynian ForestHercynian ForestThe Hercynian Forest was an ancient and dense forest that stretched eastward from the Rhine River across southern Germany and formed the northern boundary of that part of Europe known to writers of antiquity. The ancient sources are equivocal about how far east it extended...
. - a range of mountains mentioned in several classical sources, in apparently various regions of EuropeEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. - Hercynia, a journal published by the Universities and Landesbibliothek of Sachsen-Anhalt, which covers ecology and environmental biology.
- Hercynia may be an early CelticProto-Celtic languageThe Proto-Celtic language, also called Common Celtic, is the reconstructed ancestor language of all the known Celtic languages. Its lexis can be confidently reconstructed on the basis of the comparative method of historical linguistics...
toponym, see Perkwunos. - 458 Hercynia458 Hercynia458 Hercynia is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann on September 21, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FK....
, an asteroid
See also
- The Hercynian orogeny a synonym for the Variscan orogenyVariscan orogenyThe Variscan orogeny is a geologic mountain-building event caused by Late Paleozoic continental collision between Euramerica and Gondwana to form the supercontinent of Pangaea.-Naming:...
of the CarboniferousCarboniferousThe Carboniferous is a geologic period and system that extends from the end of the Devonian Period, about 359.2 ± 2.5 Mya , to the beginning of the Permian Period, about 299.0 ± 0.8 Mya . The name is derived from the Latin word for coal, carbo. Carboniferous means "coal-bearing"...
. - The Hercynian massifs are part of the Massif CentralMassif CentralThe Massif Central is an elevated region in south-central France, consisting of mountains and plateaux....
of France.