UNESCO World Heritage Site

Erzgebirge / Krušnohoří
Mining Region

A unique mining landscape of world importance
UNESCO World Heritage

Montanregion Ore Mountains

The mining region of Erzgebirge / Ore Mountains has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 6 July 2019.
  • worldwide importance for the development of mining technologies and mountain sciences
  • evidence of mining and processing of a diverse range of ores from the 12th to the 20th century
  • unique mining cultural landscape
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czech and saxon
component parts
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associated
objects
Websites of sightseeing mines

Information about mining mines

Video gallery

Look at the shots of the unique mining landscape of the Ore Mountains

Cities of the Ore Mountains

Members of the Montanregion in the Czech Republic