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
Saxony
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Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Cz
Ore Mountains
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Henry the Lion (with his wife Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony) being crowned as the Duke of Saxony
Meissen, with Albrechtsburg and Cathedral
Depiction of the ruins of Dresden's Kreuzkirche following its destruction by Prussian artillery during the Seven Years' War (Canaletto, 1765)
Elbe Valley in Dresden