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Erzgebirge
/ ˈeːrtsɡəbɪrɡə /
plural noun
- a mountain range on the border between Germany and the Czech Republic: formerly rich in mineral resources. Highest peak: Mount Klínovec (Keilberg), 1244 m (4081 ft) Czech nameKrušné Hory Also calledOre Mountains
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The mines of Joachimsthal, and Bleystadt, on the southern slope of the Erzgebirge, produce argentiferous galena.
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Chemnitz is a favourite tourist centre for excursions into the Erzgebirge, the chain of mountains separating Saxony from Bohemia.
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Geologically, the Erzgebirge range consists mainly of gneiss, mica and phyllite.
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Freiberg is the walled capital of the Saxon ore mountains, the Erzgebirge; the centre of the Saxon mining administration.
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The production of this metal is but a limited object of the smelting-works of the Saxon Erzgebirge at Schneeberg.
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