Ore Mountains
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The Ore Mountains lie along the Czech–German border, separating the historical regions of Bohemia in the Czech Republic and Saxony in Germany. The highest peaks are the Klínovec in the Czech Republic
Reservoir near Myslivny
View from Mückentürmchen in the Eastern Ore Mountains to the west. Left: the escarpment descending to the Eger Graben; right: the gentle northern dip slope.
The Ore Mountains and adjacent regions
View of Breitenbrunn in the Ore Mountains, from Joachimsthaler Strasse
Berggeschrey
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Berggeschrey or Berggeschrei was a German term for the rapid spread of news on the discovery of rich ore deposits that led to the rapid establishment of a mining region, as in the silver rush in the e
1522 depiction of the historic mining industry on Annaberg's mining altar
Parts of the Old Town of Johanngeorgenstadt had to be demolished and afforested in 1953 due to subsidence