Saxon Ore Mountain mining region

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The Saxon Ore Mountain mining region is a historic mining area in the Ore Mountains of Saxony, Germany, renowned for its centuries-long extraction of silver and other ores and its distinctive mining cultural landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural landscape
historic mining region
country Germany
followsBorderWith Czech Republic
hasCenter Freiberg
hasCharacteristic Christmas mining traditions
artificial water management systems
centuries-long mining history
dense network of mines and shafts
distinctive mining cultural traditions
mining academies and schools
mining folklore and customs
mining music and miners’ choirs
mining railways
mining settlements and company towns
mining-related churches and chapels
nutcrackers and miners’ figures
ore processing plants
pyramids and candle arches (Schwibbögen)
smelting works
visitor mines and mining museums
wooden folk art linked to mining
hasEducationalInstitution Freiberg Mining Academy
surface form: Bergakademie Freiberg (TU Bergakademie Freiberg)
hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
hasImportantTown Alberoda
Altenberg
Annaberg-Buchholz NERFINISHED
Aue
Bad Schlema
Bockau
Brand-Erbisdorf
Breitenbrunn (Erzgebirge)
Bärenstein
surface form: Bärenstein (Erzgebirge)

Chemnitz
surface form: Chemnitz (edge of region)

Crottendorf
Dippoldiswalde
Ehrenfriedersdorf
Eibenstock
Elterlein
Flöha
Frauenstein
Geising
Geyer
Grünhain-Beierfeld
Hartenstein
Johanngeorgenstadt NERFINISHED
Johannstadt mining settlements
Jöhstadt NERFINISHED
Königswalde
Hartenstein
surface form: Lauenstein

Lauta
surface form: Lauta (Aue-Bad Schlema)

Lauter
Lengefeld
Lugau
Lößnitz
Marienberg
Niederschlema NERFINISHED
Oberschlema ONNED1
Oberwiesenthal
Oelsnitz (Vogtland)
surface form: Oelsnitz/Erzgebirge

Olbernhau
Pobershau
Pöhla
Raschau-Markersbach
Rittersgrün
Sayda
Scheibenberg
Schneeberg
Schneeberg-Neustädtel
Schwarzenberg
Schwarzenberg
surface form: Schwarzenberg-Neuwelt

Seiffen
Stollberg
Thalheim
Thum
Wolkenstein
Zschopau NERFINISHED
Zwickau
surface form: Zwickau (edge of region)

Zwönitz
hasTourismType Christmas and folk-art tourism
cultural tourism
industrial heritage tourism
heritageDesignationYear 2019
influenced Saxon state finances in early modern period
economic development of Saxony
urban development of Freiberg
knownFor bismuth mining
cobalt mining
copper mining
iron ore mining
silver mining
tin mining
uranium mining
locatedIn Germany
Ore Mountains
Saxony
partOf Erzgebirge
surface form: Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains)

Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region
surface form: Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region UNESCO World Heritage Site
timePeriodOfIntensiveMining 19th century
20th century
early modern period
late Middle Ages

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Marienberg locatedInRegion Saxon Ore Mountain mining region