Kleiner Kranichsee
The Kleiner Kranichsee is one of the most important raised bogs in the Ore Mountains of Central Europe. The bog straddles the German/Czech border; the part lying in the German state of Saxony has been protected since 1930, whilst the Czech part was declared a nature reserve in 1962.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lubor Ferenc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Scheffelsberg and Buchschachtelberg.
Scheffelsberg
Peak
Photo: Devilsanddust, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Scheffelsberg is a forested mountain south of Jugel in the western Saxon Ore Mountains, which is 980 metres high. The Czech-German border runs over its summit.
Buchschachtelberg
Peak
The Buchschachtelberg is a forested mountain south of Henneberg in the western Saxon Ore Mountains, which is 973 metres high. The border between Germany and the Czech Republic runs over its summit.
Schattenberg
Peak
The Schattenberg is a wooded mountain southwest of Jugel and northeast of Hirschenstand in the western Bohemian Ore Mountains, which is 950 metres high.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Potůčky and Jelení.
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
Photo: Hejkal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Kleiner Kranichsee
- Type: Wetland
- Description: bog in the Ore Mountains on the German/Czech border
- Categories: bog and body of water
- Location: Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxon Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.4182° or 50° 25′ 5″ northLongitude
12.674° or 12° 40′ 26″ eastOpen location code
9F2JCM9F+7HOpenStreetMap ID
way 50993869OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wetlandWikidata ID
Q882339
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In Other Languages
From Czech to German—“Kleiner Kranichsee” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Malé jeřábí jezero”
- Czech: “Malé Jeřábí jezírko”
- Dutch: “Kleiner Kranichsee”
- French: “Kleiner Kranichsee”
- German: “Kleiner Kranichsee”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nasse Brücke and Buchschachtel.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bruchkamm and Liščí hůrka [Nové Hamry-Jelení].
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kleiner Kranichsee”. Photo: Lubor Ferenc, CC BY-SA 3.0.