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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Klingenthal locatedIn Ore Mountains
Ore Mountain folk tradition locatedIn Ore Mountains
Schwibbogen regionOfOrigin Ore Mountains
Seiffen locatedIn Ore Mountains
Sankt Joachimsthal historicalRegion Ore Mountains
Jáchymov Spa locatedIn Ore Mountains
Olbernhau locatedIn Ore Mountains
Bystřice River locatedIn Ore Mountains
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge contains Ore Mountains
this entity surface form: Eastern Ore Mountains
Saxon Uplands borderingRegion Ore Mountains
Freiberger Mulde sourceRegion Ore Mountains
Freiberg mining landscape locatedIn Ore Mountains
Jáchymov mining landscape locatedIn Ore Mountains
Rudá věž smrti (Red Tower of Death) site locatedIn Ore Mountains
subject surface form: Rudá věž smrti
Rolava locatedIn Ore Mountains
Bílina sourceLocatedIn Ore Mountains
Sokolov Basin locatedNear Ore Mountains
Boží Dar locatedIn Ore Mountains
Most locatedNear Ore Mountains
Annaberg-Buchholz mining landscape partOf Ore Mountains
this entity surface form: Ore Mountains mining region
ERZ associatedWithRegion Ore Mountains
Svatava sourceLocation Ore Mountains
St. Marien church locatedIn Ore Mountains
subject surface form: St. Marien church (Marienberg)