| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
|---|---|
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| Location | Czech Republic and Germany |
| Criteria | Cultural: (ii), (iii), (iv) |
| Reference | 1478 |
| Inscription | 2019 (43rd Session) |
| Area | 6,766.057 ha (16,719.29 acres) |
| Buffer zone | 13,017.791 ha (32,167.66 acres) |
| Coordinates | 50°24′23.5″N 12°50′14″E / 50.406528°N 12.83722°E |
  Location of Ore Mountain Mining Region in Czech Republic | |
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. 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.[1]
- ^ "Seven more cultural sites added to UNESCO's World Heritage List". UNESCO. 6 July 2019.