Ore Mountain Mining Region
The Ore Mountain Mining Region (officially Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří 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. Description The Ore Mountain Mining Region is a region roughly long and wide, on the border of Germany and the Czech Republic, containing a large density of historical mining sites and monuments. Because of the intensity and continuous nature of the mining in the region, the entire landscape is heavily influenced by mining, from transportation to water supply and urban planning. The region includes many well-reserved relics from derelict mines, including the mines themselves, mine shafts, smelters, and hammer mills. The World Heritage Site comprises 22 mining sites and monuments, 17 in Germany and 5 in the