The main tourist attraction in the region is the Victory Tower (Siegesturm) in Bayreuth, on the Hohe Warte. The eastern part is less popular. Almost the entire areas is a protected landscape. The ridge is also called the Gateway to the Bavarian Northern Forests (Tor zum Bayrischen Nortwald, the old name for the Franconian Forest and Fichtelgebirge mountains, because it was the first range of hills in the Fichtelgebirge from the valley of the Red Main. The Bavarian Nortwald hiking trail also begins at Hirschberg.