Saxon Ore Mountains Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
mountain range in central Europe
About Saxon Ore Mountains
As the name implies, the Ore Mountains are a mineral-rich mountain range, located in the southern part of Saxony bordering Bohemia. Nearly 900 years ofmininghas dominated the region with several phases of Klondike-like goldrushes, "Berggeschrey" in medieval German, after new finds of mainly silver ores around Freiberg, Schneeberg and Annaberg. The rich silver mines created the base of the wealth of the Saxon kings and the cultural heritage of the Saxon capital Dresden. The last mining in the area occurred during GDR times when a company of the deceptive nameWismut(Bismuth) extracted Uranium for military use in the USSR. While those mines were shut down upon reunification, the area still struggles with the damage this decidedly "dirty" business did to workers and environment alike. Nowadays
Saxon Ore Mountains Travel Guide Sections
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