Demir Hisar (region)

Demir Hisar (region)

Demir Hisar (Macedonian: Демир Хисар), or in Slavic translation known as Železnec (in Macedonian Железнец), is an area spreading on the South West part of Macedonia to the North West of the Pelagonian plain, around the river flow of the Black River (Crna Reka) with her inflows. The greater parts of the surrounding area of Demir Hisar are smaller hills and mountains, and a small part which is spread around the mentioned river is low lands. A signature of this area are the mountains Bigla, Ilinska I Plakenska, on which is the highest peak reaching (2000 m) which separates the region of Demir Hisar with the lake regions of Prespa and Ohrid.