Jáchymov
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Jáchymov is a spa town in Karlovy Vary District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,400 inhabitants.
Upper Jáchymov
Silver mining in Jáchymov, 1548
Jáchymovský tolar, 1525. Obverse, picturing St. Joachim.
Svornost Mine, the oldest mine still in use in Europe
Klínovec
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Klínovec is the highest peak of the Ore Mountains, located in the Czech Republic's part of the mountains at 1,244 metres (4,081 ft). There is an 80 m TV broadcasting tower on the top of the mountain and a 24 meter high lookout tower. From the south side, the Jáchymov - Klínovec chairlift leads to the top, from the north side leads another chairlift Dámská.
Former mountain hotel on Klínovec, broadcast tower in the background
Panorama vista of the Klínovec mountain (Czech Republic), seen from the top of the Fichtelberg mountain (Germany)
View of Klínovec from Fichtelberg (meridian a 1864 fixed point from at the front)
Klínovec broadcast tower and the smaller observation tower