Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region

Overview

Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří (Ore Mountains) spans a region in south-eastern Germany (Saxony) and north-western Czechia, which contains a wealth of several metals exploited through mining from the Middle Ages onwards. The region became the most important source of silver ore in Europe from 1460 to 1560. Mining was the trigger for technological and scientific innovations transferred worldwide. Tin was historically the second metal to be extracted and processed at the site. At the end of the 19th century, the region became a major global producer of uranium. The cultural landscape of the Ore Mountains has been deeply shaped by 800 years of almost continuous mining, from the 12th to the 20th century, with mining, pioneering water management systems, innovative mineral processing and smelting sites, and mining cities.

Selection Criteria

(ii)(iii)(iv)

Components(22 locations)

• •Marienberg Mining Town1478-011
• •Lauta Mining Landscape1478-012
• •The Red Tower of Death1478-020
• •Krupka Mining Landscape1478-021
• •Uranium Mining Landscape1478-017
• •Freiberg Mining Landscape1478-004
• •Buchholz Mining Landscape1478-010
• •Pöhlberg Mining Landscape1478-009
• •Jáchymov Mining Landscape1478-018
• •Schneeberg Mining Landscape1478-006
• •Schindlers Werk Smalt Works1478-007
• •Eibenstock Mining Landscape1478-015
• •Hoher Forst Mining Landscape1478-005
• •Rother Berg Mining Landscape1478-016
• •Mědník Hill Mining Landscape1478-022
• •Lauenstein Administrative Centre1478-003
• •Annaberg-Frohnau Mining Landscape1478-008
• •Ehrenfriedersdorf Mining Landscape1478-013
• •Altenberg-Zinnwald Mining Landscape1478-002
• •Dippoldiswalde Medieval Silver Mines1478-001
• •Grünthal Silver-Copper Liquation Works1478-014
• •Abertamy – Boží Dar – Horní Blatná – Mining Landscape1478-019

Details

Countries

Germany, Czechia

ISO Codes

DE, CZ

Area

6,833.776 ha

Transboundary

Yes

Coordinates

50.4065, 12.8373