World Heritage Identification Number: 1478
World Heritage since: 2019
Category: Cultural Heritage
Transboundary Heritage: Yes
Endangered Heritage: No
Country: Czechia, Germany
Continent: NA
UNESCO World Region: Europe and North America
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The Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region: A Testament to Eight Centuries of Mining Innovation
The Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region, located in the shared border area of the Ore Mountains between the German state of Saxony and North Bohemia in the Czech Republic, stands as a remarkable testament to eight centuries of mining innovation. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 6 July 2019, this industrial heritage landscape offers a unique insight into the historical development of mining technology, as well as the profound impact it had on society, culture, and science.
More to come…UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site
Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří (Ore Mountains) spans a region in south-eastern Germany (Saxony) and north-western Czechia, which contains a wealth of several metals exploited through mining from the Middle Ages onwards. The region became the most important source of silver ore in Europe from 1460 to 1560. Mining was the trigger for technological and scientific innovations transferred worldwide. Tin was historically the second metal to be extracted and processed at the site. At the end of the 19th century, the region became a major global producer of uranium. The cultural landscape of the Ore Mountains has been deeply shaped by 800 years of almost continuous mining, from the 12th to the 20th century, with mining, pioneering water management systems, innovative mineral processing and smelting sites, and mining cities.
Encyclopedia Record: Ore Mountain Mining Region
The Ore Mountain Mining Region 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. It is characterised by a plethora of historic, largely original, monuments to technology, as well as numerous individual monuments and collections related to the historic mining industry of the region. On 6 July 2019, the Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, because of its exceptional testimony to the advancement of mining technology over the past 800 years.Additional Site Details
Area: 6,833.776 hectares
(iii) — Unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition
(iv) — Outstanding example of a type of building or landscape
Coordinates: 50.4065277778 , 12.8373444444
