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German Ore Mountains

Ore Mountains
Erzgebirge - Krušné hory
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Reservoir near Myslivny
Highest point
Peak Klínovec
Elevation 1,244 m (4,081 ft)
Coordinates 50°23′46″N 12°58′04″E / 50.39611°N 12.96778°E / 50.39611; 12.96778
Geography
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Location in Germany
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Location in the Czech Republic

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Physical map
Country Czech Republic
border with Germany
States/Provinces Karlovy Vary Region, Ústí n. L. Region and Saxony (Germany)
Range coordinates 50°35′N 13°00′E / 50.583°N 13.000°E / 50.583; 13.000Coordinates: 50°35′N 13°00′E / 50.583°N 13.000°E / 50.583; 13.000
Geology
Orogeny Variscan
Age of rock Paleozoic
Type of rock sedimentary, metamorphic
and magmatic rocks

Location in the Czech Republic

The Ore Mountains or Ore Mountain Range ( /ɔːr/) (German: Erzgebirge [ˈeːɐ̯tsɡəbɪɐ̯ɡə]; Czech: Krušné hory; both literally "ore mountains") in Central Europe have formed a natural border between Saxony and Bohemia for around 800 years, from the 12th to the 20th centuries. Today, the border between Germany and the Czech Republic runs just north of the main crest of the mountain range. The highest peaks are the Klínovec (German: Keilberg), which rises to 1,244 metres (4,081 ft) above sea level and the Fichtelberg (1,215 metres (3,986 ft)).

The area played an important role in contributing Bronze Age ore, and as the setting of the earliest stages of the early modern transformation of mining and metallurgy from a craft to a large-scale industry, a process that preceded and enabled the later Industrial Revolution.

The Ore Mountains are a Hercynian block tilted so as to present a steep scarp face towards Bohemia and a gentle slope on the German side. They were formed during a lengthy process:


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