Ore Mountain Mining Region
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How it came to be
In the Ore Mountains on the border between Germany and Czechia (Erzgebirge in German, Krušnohoří in Czech), many kinds of metal were mined almost without a break for about 800 years, from the 12th to the 20th century. From 1460 to 1560 the region was the most important source of silver in Europe.
Tin was mined steadily alongside silver, and cobalt, found mixed with the silver ore, made the region a leading European producer of cobalt from the 16th to the 18th century. In the late 19th and 20th centuries it became one of the world's main uranium producers. The Freiberg academy still carries on research into mining.
In 2019, 22 component sites in the two countries were inscribed. They include a tin-mining museum, smelting works, a copper hammer mill and a horse-powered winding gear.
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