Saxon Ore Mountains
The Saxon Ore Mountains, called Erzgebirge in German or Krušné hory in Czech, is a mountain range in the south of Saxony in Germany. It is known for its craftwork. The mountains have formed a natural border between Saxony and Bohemia for many centuries.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Chemnitz and Zwickau.
Chemnitz
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Chemnitz is a city in southwestern Saxony, with around 250 000 inhabitants the third-largest city in the state, after Dresden and Leipzig. The settlement developed around a monastery, and was granted city status in 1170.
Zwickau
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Zwickau is a city in Saxony. Its rich history includes being the birthplace of the 19th-century composer Robert Schumann and of a number of automotive makes.
Freiberg
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Freiberg is a town in Saxony, Germany. It has one of the best preserved historic town centres in the state, and is known for its cathedral and centuries-old mining tradition.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Oberwiesenthal and Aue.
Oberwiesenthal
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Oberwiesenthal is a winter sports resort in the Ore Mountains in Saxony, Germany. With an altitude of 914 m above sea level, Oberwiesenthal is the highest "city" in Germany.
Aue
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Aue is a small town in Germany at the outlet of the river Schwarzwasser into the river Zwickauer Mulde in the Ore Mountains, and has roughly 16,000 inhabitants.
Johanngeorgenstadt
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Johanngeorgenstadt is a mining town the Saxon Ore Mountains near the border with the Czech Republic.
Saxon Ore Mountains
- Type: Region with 256,000 residents
- Description: mountain range in central Europe
- Also known as: “Erzgebirge” and “Ore Mountains”
- Categories: low mountain range, mesoregion, mountain range, and locality
- Location: Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
50.6092° or 50° 36′ 33″ northLongitude of center
13.1773° or 13° 10′ 38″ eastPopulation
256,000Elevation
640 metres (2,100 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
way 360359268OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Saxon Ore Mountains” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Ertsgebergte”
- Arabic: “جبال إرز”
- Arabic: “جبال الخام”
- Armenian: “Օր լեռ”
- Armenian: “Օր լեռներ”
- Azerbaijani: “Ore dağları”
- Basque: “Metal mendiak”
- Belarusian: “Рудныя горы”
- Bosnian: “Erzgebirge”
- Bosnian: “Rudne gore”
- Breton: “Erzgebirge”
- Bulgarian: “Рудни планини”
- Catalan: “Monts metàl·lics”
- Catalan: “Muntanyes Metal·líferes”
- Cebuano: “Ore Mountains”
- Chinese: “厄尔士山脉”
- Croatian: “Rudna gora”
- Czech: “Krušné hory”
- Danish: “Erzgebirge”
- Dutch: “Ertsgebergte”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبال الخام”
- Esperanto: “Ercmontaro”
- Estonian: “Maagimäestik”
- Finnish: “Erzgebirge”
- French: “Monts Métallifères”
- Georgian: “მადნიანი მთები”
- German: “D16”
- German: “Erzgebirge”
- Greek: “Όρη Όρε”
- Hebrew: “הרי העפרה”
- Hungarian: “Érchegység”
- Icelandic: “Erzgebirge”
- Indonesian: “Erzgebirge”
- Italian: “Monti Metalliferi”
- Japanese: “エルツゲビルゲ”
- Japanese: “エルツ山地”
- Kirghiz: “Крешне-гори”
- Korean: “에르츠 산맥”
- Korean: “에르츠산맥”
- Korean: “오레 산맥”
- Ladin: “Erzgebirge”
- Latin: “Montes Metalliferi”
- Lithuanian: “Rūdiniai kalnai”
- Macedonian: “Рудни Планини”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Erzgebirge”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Erzgebirge”
- Norwegian: “Erzgebirge”
- Persian: “رشته کوه ارتس”
- Persian: “کوههای ارتس”
- Polish: “Rudawy”
- Portuguese: “Montes Metalíferos”
- Romanian: “Erzgebirge”
- Russian: “Рудные горы”
- Serbian: “Рудне горе”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rudne gore”
- Slovak: “Krušné hory”
- Slovenian: “Češko rudogorje”
- Slovenian: “Rudne gore”
- Slovenian: “Rudogorje”
- Spanish: “Montes Metalicos”
- Spanish: “Montes Metálicos”
- Swedish: “Erzgebirge”
- Swedish: “Ore Mountains”
- Turkish: “Ore Dağları”
- Ukrainian: “Рудні гори”
- Upper Sorbian: “Rudne horiny”
- Upper Sorbian: “Rudohory”
- Uzbek: “Rudali togʻlar”
- Venetian: “Monti Metałìfari”
- Vietnamese: “Dãy núi Quặng”
- Western Frisian: “Ertsberchtme”
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