Ore Mountain Mining Region

Industrial archaeological sitesMining in the Ore MountainsWorld Heritage Sites in GermanyWorld Heritage Sites in the Czech Republic

The Ore Mountain Mining Region (officially Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region; German: Montanregion Erzgebirge, Czech: Hornický region Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří) is an industrial heritage landscape, over 800 years old, in the border region of the Ore Mountains between the German state of Saxony and North Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is characterised by a plethora of historic, largely original, monuments to technology, as well as numerous individual monuments and collections related to the historic mining industry of the region. On 6 July 2019, the Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, because of its exceptional testimony to the advancement of mining technology over the past 800 years.

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Ore Mountain Mining Region
2196, okres Karlovy Vary

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N 50.406527777778 °	E 12.837222222222 °

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362 35 okres Karlovy Vary
Northwest, Czechia
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Myslivny

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Abertamy

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Blatenský vrch

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Božídarský Špičák

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Plešivec (Ore Mountains)

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Pernink

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Horní Blatná

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Merklín (Karlovy Vary District)

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Taufichtig

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Boží Dar

Boží Dar (German: Gottesgab) is a town in Karlovy Vary District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants. Situated in the Ore Mountains at 1,028 m (3,373 ft) above sea level, it is considered the highest town in the Czech Republic.

Jáchymov

Jáchymov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjaːxɪmof]; German: Sankt Joachimsthal or Joachimsthal) is a spa town in Karlovy Vary District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,300 inhabitants. The historical core of the town from the 16th century is well preserved and protected by law as urban monument zone. It is a comprehensive set of Gothic–Renaissance patrician houses. Jáchymov has a long mining tradition, thanks to which it used to be the second most populous town in the Kingdom of Bohemia in 1534. At first silver was mined here. The silver Joachimsthaler coins minted here since the 16th century gave their name to the Thaler and the dollar. After the Wieliczka Salt Mine ceased industrial exploitation in 2007, the Svornost mine (1525) became the oldest mine still in use in Europe. It is also the first and for a long time the only mine in the world, where radium was mined. The mining cultural landscape of Jáchymov is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as a part of the Ore Mountain Mining Region.

Hroznětín

Hroznětín (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦrozɲɛciːn]; German: Lichtenstadt) is a town in Karlovy Vary District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,100 inhabitants.