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The Ore Mountain Mining Region (officially Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region; German: Montanregion Erzgebirge, Czech: Hornický region Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří) is an industrial heritage landscape, over 800 years old, in the border region of the Ore Mountains between the German state of Saxony and North Bohemia in the Czech Republic.
This is a list of mines in Germany. Coal. Garzweiler open pit mine; Hambach open pit mine; Luisenthal Mine; Profen coal mine; Zeche Neuglück & Stettin; Zollern II/IV ...
The Ore Mountains (German: Erzgebirge, Czech: Krušné hory) lie along the Czech–German border, separating the historical regions of Bohemia in the Czech Republic and Saxony in Germany. The highest peaks are the Klínovec in the Czech Republic (German: Keilberg ) at 1,244 metres (4,081 ft) above sea level and the Fichtelberg in Germany at ...
Mining in the Upper Harz region of central Germany was a major industry for several centuries, especially for the production of silver, lead, copper, and, latterly, zinc as well. Great wealth was accumulated from the mining of silver from the 16th to the 19th centuries, as well as from important technical inventions.
Until German reunification, the Rhenish mining area was thus the most important lignite region in the Federal Republic of Germany. However, annual lignite production in eastern Germany was higher. Other lignite mining areas in western Germany included the Braunschweig coal mines in Helmstedt and the Hirschberg mines near Kassel and Wackersdorf ...
Pages in category "Coal mining regions in Germany" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. M.
Lorraine basin location on French coal basins map Coalfields of Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands and Northern France Saar-Warndt coal mining basin is an area of Germany and France . It has been shaped by two centuries of coal extraction from the start of the 19th century to the start of the 21st century; and it represents a significant period ...
The Freiberg Mining Field (German: Freiberger Revier or Freiberger Bergbaurevier) is an ore field which is located on an ore deposit of precious and non-ferrous metals roughly 35 x 40 kilometres in area in the lower Eastern Ore Mountains of Saxony, Germany. Mining has been carried out here since the last third of the 12th century.