Erzgebirgskreis
Erzgebirgskreis is a district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is named after the Ore Mountains, a mountain range in the southern part of the district which forms part of the Germany–Czech Republic border.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 318,000 residents
- Description: German district of Saxony, Germany
- Also known as: “Erzgebirgskreis District (Germany)”
- Neighbors: Chemnitz
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lengefeld Lime Works and Lauterbacher Knochen.
Lengefeld Lime Works
Museum
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The Lengefeld Lime Works was a limestone mine southwest of Lengefeld in the Saxon town of Pockau-Lengefeld in the Ore Mountains. In 2016, the mine was closed.
Lauterbacher Knochen
Peak
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The Lauterbacher Knochen is a 683-metre-high peak about one kilometre north of the village of Lauterbach in the municipality of Marienberg in the Ore Mountains. At the summit there is a historic station which was part of the Royal Saxon Triangulation Network.
Adlerstein
Peak
Photo: Liesel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Adlerstein is a 676-metre-high summit in the Saxon Ore Mountains near Lengefeld. At the top there is a historic triangulation station which was part of the Royal Saxon triangulation network.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marienberg and Pockau.
Marienberg
Town
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Marienberg is a town in Germany. It was the district capital of the Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis in the southern part of Saxony, and since August 2008 it has been part of the new district of Erzgebirgskreis. As of 2020, the town had 16,716 inhabitants. Marienberg is situated 4 km southwest of Erzgebirgskreis.
Pockau
Village
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Pockau is a village and a former municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony, Germany. On 1 January 2014 it was merged with the town Lengefeld to form the town Pockau-Lengefeld. Pockau is on the Silver Road. Pockau is situated 3½ km northeast of Erzgebirgskreis.
Lengefeld
Town
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Lengefeld is a town and a former municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains, 23 km southeast of Chemnitz. Lengefeld is situated 4 km north of Erzgebirgskreis.
Erzgebirgskreis
- Categories: rural district of Saxony and Option municipality
- Location: Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Erzgebirgskreis” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دائرة الجبال الخام”
- Azerbaijani: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Belarusian: “раён Рудныя Горы”
- Belarusian: “раён Эрцгебіргэ”
- Belarusian: “Рудныя Горы (раён)”
- Belarusian: “Рудныя Горы”
- Belarusian: “Эрцгебіргскрайс”
- Belarusian: “Эрцгебіргэ (раён)”
- Bulgarian: “Ерцгебирге”
- Catalan: “Districte d’Erzgebirge”
- Catalan: “Districte de Erzgebirge”
- Cebuano: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Chinese: “厄尔士山县”
- Chinese: “礦山縣 (德國)”
- Croatian: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Czech: “Krušnohorský okres”
- Czech: “zemský okres Erzgebirgskreis”
- Czech: “zemský okres Krušné hory”
- Czech: “Zemský okres Krušné hory”
- Danish: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Dutch: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Esperanto: “Distrikto Ercmontaro”
- Estonian: “Maagimäestiku kreis”
- Finnish: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- French: “arondissement des Monts-Métallifères”
- French: “Arrondissement des Monts-Métallifères”
- French: “Monts-Métallifères”
- Georgian: “ერცგებირგსის რაიონი”
- German: “Erzgebirgskreis District (Germany)”
- German: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Greek: “Έρτσγκεμπιργκσκραϊς”
- Hebrew: “ארצגבירגסקרייס”
- Hebrew: “חבל ארצגבירג”
- Indonesian: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Interlingue: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Irish: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Italian: “circondario dei Monti Metalliferi”
- Italian: “Circondario dei Monti Metalliferi”
- Italian: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Japanese: “エールツゲビルクスクライス”
- Japanese: “エルツゲビルクス郡”
- Japanese: “エルツ山地郡”
- Kazakh: “Кенді Таулар”
- Kurdish: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Ladin: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Latin: “Montes Metalliferi”
- Latvian: “Rūdu kalnu apriņķis”
- Macedonian: “Ерцгебиргскрајс”
- Macedonian: “Рудни Планини”
- Malay: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Northern Frisian: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Norwegian: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Arrondiment dei Monts Metallifères”
- Persian: “ارتسگبيرگسكرايس”
- Persian: “ارتسگبیرگسکرایس”
- Polish: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Portuguese: “Distrito dos Montes Metalíferos”
- Portuguese: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Russian: “Рудные Горы”
- Saterfriesisch: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Scots: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Slovenian: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Spanish: “Distrito de los Montes Metálicos”
- Spanish: “Montes Metálicos”
- Swedish: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Turkish: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Ukrainian: “Рудні Гори”
- Upper Sorbian: “Rudnohórski wokrjes”
- Uzbek: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Vietnamese: “Erzgebirgs”
- Vietnamese: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Waray (Philippines): “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Western Frisian: “Erzgebirgskreis”
- Western Panjabi: “ارزگیبرگکریس”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lauterbach and Niederlauterstein.
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Highlights include Brandhübel and Ulmknochen.
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