Ore Mountains

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The Ore Mountains are a mountain range along the German-Czech border known for their historic mining industry and traditional Christmas folk art.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural landscape
mountain
mountain range
borderFeatureOf German-Czech border
climate cool continental
contains Annaberg-Buchholz
Freiberg
Jáchymov
Marienberg
continent Europe
country Czech Republic
Germany
czechName Krušné hory
elevation 1244 m
geologicalFormation variscan mountains
germanName Ore Mountains self-linksurface differs
surface form: Erzgebirge
heritageDesignation Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region
UNESCO World Heritage Site
highestPoint Klinovec
highestPointElevation 1244 m
knownFor Christmas pyramids
Schwibbogen candle arches
historic mining industry
nutcrackers
silver mining
smoking men
tin mining
traditional Christmas folk art
uranium mining
woodcarving
length about 150 km
locatedOnBorderOf Czech Republic
Germany
naturalResource cobalt
copper ore
iron ore
silver ore
tin ore
uranium ore
orientation southwest-northeast
partOf Central Europe
region Karlovy Vary Region
Saxony
separates Bohemia
Saxony
tourism Christmas markets
ski resorts
winter sports

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Krušné hory EnglishName Ore Mountains
Vogtland borderedBy Ore Mountains
German Central Uplands contains Ore Mountains
Ore Mountains germanName Ore Mountains self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Erzgebirge
Bohemia hasMountainRange Ore Mountains
Saxony hasMountainRange Ore Mountains
Klinovec hasViewOf Ore Mountains
Chemnitz River locatedIn Ore Mountains
this entity surface form: Ore Mountains foothills
Chemnitz–Aue railway locatedIn Ore Mountains
Jáchymov locatedIn Ore Mountains
Klinovec locatedIn Ore Mountains
Marienberg locatedIn Ore Mountains
Zwönitz locatedIn Ore Mountains
Chemnitz locatedNear Ore Mountains
Bohemian Massif mountainRange Ore Mountains
Klinovec mountainRange Ore Mountains
Elbe Sandstone Mountains partOf Ore Mountains
this entity surface form: Ore Mountains foothills
Christmas pyramids regionOfOrigin Ore Mountains
this entity surface form: Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains)
Chemnitz–Aue railway regionServed Ore Mountains
Zwönitz sourceLocatedIn Ore Mountains
Chemnitz River sourceRegion Ore Mountains
this entity surface form: Ore Mountains region