Pferdegöpel Johanngeorgenstadt

Pferdegöpel Johanngeorgenstadt is a mine in Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony which is located on Am Pferdegöpel. Pferdegöpel Johanngeorgenstadt is situated nearby to the museum Förderverein Pferdegöpel, as well as near the library Bibliothek Johanngeorgenstadt.

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Type: Mine
Description: museum in Germany
Address: Am Pferdegöpel, Johanngeorgenstadt, 08349
Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Polish-Saxon Post Milestone Johanngeorgenstadt and Pulverturm.

Polish-Saxon Post Milestone Johanngeorgenstadt

Historic site

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Polish-Saxon Post Milestone Johanngeorgenstadt is a historic site, which is situated 460 metres north of Pferdegöpel Johanngeorgenstadt.

Pulverturm

Tower

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The Pulverturm in Johanngeorgenstadt was a tower used by the mining authorities for storing gunpowder for the Neu Leipziger Glück pit. It was built in 1798 in a sparsely settled region outside the town on the spoil heap of the Gotthelf Schaller pit on Eibenstocker Straße by the Neu Leipziger Glück Union. Pulverturm is situated 390 metres north of Pferdegöpel Johanngeorgenstadt.

Fastenberg

Peak

Fastenberg is a mountain in Saxony, Eastern Germany. A minor ruling family that previously inhabited the region of present day Saxony, the family originally profited from the diverse abundance of stone in the area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Potůčky and Jugel.

Potůčky

Village

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Potůčky is a municipality and village in Karlovy Vary District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Jugel

Suburb

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Jugel is a division of the town of Johanngeorgenstadt in the German district of Erzgebirgskreis. This dispersed settlement is surrounded by woods, is divided into Ober- and Unterjugel and runs along the German-Czech border from the Lehmergrund to the crest of the Western Ore Mountains.