Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region
Also known as Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge/Krusnohori, Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří, Ore Mountain Mining Region, Paysage culturel minier d'Erzgebirge/Krusnohori
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iii), (iv).
Region
Europe and North America
Czechia, Germany
Inscribed
2019
Area
6,766 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region is about 45 km south of Chemnitz. The nearest other World Heritage site is Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops, about 55 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Chemnitz · about 303,000 peopleabout 45 km north
- Hof · about 56,000 peopleabout 65 km west
- Gera · about 105,000 peopleabout 75 km north-west
- Pizen · about 164,000 peopleabout 85 km south-east
- Usti Nad Labem · about 94,000 peopleabout 90 km east
- Dresden · about 618,000 peopleabout 95 km north-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
CzechiaCultural56 km away
GermanyCultural103 km away
GermanyCultural124 km away
GermanyCultural125 km away
CzechiaCultural131 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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