🏛️ Erzgebirge/Krušnohoř&#xed; Mining Region

Czechia · Europe · Cultural · 50.33°N, 12.95°E

The Ore Mountain Mining Region 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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Quick facts

Country	Czechia
Continent / region	Europe
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	50.33°N, 12.95°E · view on map

Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region is a cultural World Heritage site in Czechia, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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