Back Hornický region Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Czech Montanregion Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří German Région minière Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří French אזור הכרייה ארצגבירגה/קרושנוהוז'י HE Regione mineraria Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Italian Reġjun tal-Estrazzjoni tal-Minerali ta' Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Maltese Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří gruveområde NB Rudne planine Erzgebirge/Krušnohori Serbo-Croatian Ore Dağı Madencilik Bölgesi Turkish Khu vực khai mỏ Dãy núi Quặng Vietnamese
| 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]