Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region UNESCO-World Heritage Over 800 years of mining I 22 component parts Germany/Czech Republic What makes the Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region exceptional in a global context? The UNESCO World Heritage site Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří mining region • provides exceptional examples of the outstanding role and strong global influence of the Saxon-Bohemian Ore Mountains as a centre for technological and scientific innovation that emanated from the region from the Renaissance through to the modern era and subsequently influenced developments in other mining regions; • bears exceptional witness to the technological, scientific, administ- Welterbe Montanregion Erzgebirge e. V. rative, educational, managerial and social aspects underpinning the c/o Wirtschaftsförderung Erzgebirge GmbH intangible dimension of the living traditions, ideas and beliefs of the Adam-Ries-Straße 16 people associated with the culture of the Ore Mountains; 09456 Annaberg-Buchholz Telephone +49 3733 1450 • represents a unique example of a coherent mining landscape that was Fax +49 3733 145145 transformed by mining activities from the 12th to the 20th centuries [email protected] and can still be seen today in the mining towns and the associated mining landscapes. www.montanregion–erzgebirge.de 7 July 2019: Living letters “We are World Heritage”, 24 hours after the inscription on the World Heritage List Table of contents Prefaces .............................................................................................................................................................. 4 UNESCO World Heritage – the Idea of World Heritage ............................................................................. 6 World Heritage List and International Responsibilities ............................................................................ 7 The Outstanding Universal Value of the Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region ....................... 8 Technological Innovation, Scientific Achievement and Worldwide Knowledge Transfer ............... 10 Mining Administration and Cultural Traditions ........................................................................................ 10 Cultural and Mining Landscapes ................................................................................................................. 12 World Heritage Component Parts ............................................................................................................... 14 Mining Landscapes as Part of a Cultural Landscape ............................................................................... 15 Silver Mining Landscapes .......................................................................................................................... 16 Dippoldiswalde Medieval Silver Mines ....................................................................................................... 17 Freiberg Mining Landscape .......................................................................................................................... 18 Hoher Forst Mining Landscape .................................................................................................................... 22 Pöhlberg Mining Landscape......................................................................................................................... 23 Grünthal Silver-Copper Liquation Works .................................................................................................. 24 Annaberg-Frohnau Mining Landscape....................................................................................................... 25 Marienberg Mining Town .............................................................................................................................. 28 Lauta Mining Landscape ............................................................................................................................... 29 Jáchymov Mining Landscape ..................................................................................................................... 30 Tin Mining Landscapes ............................................................................................................................... 32 Lauenstein Administrative Centre .............................................................................................................. 33 Altenberg-Zinnwald Mining Landscape ..................................................................................................... 34 Ehrenfriedersdorf Mining Landscape ......................................................................................................... 36 Eibenstock Mining Landscape ..................................................................................................................... 38 Abertamy–Boží Dar–Horní Blatná .............................................................................................................. 39 Krupka Mining Landscape ............................................................................................................................ 42 Cobalt Mining Landscapes ........................................................................................................................ 44 Schindlers Werk Smalt Works ...................................................................................................................... 45 Schneeberg Mining Landscape ................................................................................................................... 46 Iron Mining Landscapes ............................................................................................................................. 48 Rother Berg Mining Landscape ................................................................................................................... 49 Mědník Hill Mining Landscape ..................................................................................................................... 50 Abertamy–Boží Dar–Horní Blatná Mining Landscape ............................................................................ 51 Uranium Mining Landscapes ................................................................................................................... 52 Buchholz Mining Landscape ........................................................................................................................ 53 Uranium Mining Landscape (Aue-Bad Schlema) ..................................................................................... 54 Jáchymov Mining Landscape ...................................................................................................................... 55 The Red Tower of Death ................................................................................................................................ 56 Selected Mining Terminology ...................................................................................................................... 57 Everything Thanks to the Mine ................................................................................................................ 58 Diversity of Raw Materials ......................................................................................................................... 60 Evidence of Coal Mining in Oelsnitz/Erzgebirge ....................................................................................... 61 Lengefeld Lime Works ................................................................................................................................... 62 St. Andreas Fundgrube (mine) at the Weiße Erden Pit ........................................................................... 63 Mining and Science ........................................................................................................................................ 64 Scheibenberg Geotope ................................................................................................................................. 65 Roter Kamm Geotope .................................................................................................................................... 65 Mining and Associated Industries ........................................................................................................... 66 Auerhammer Manor House .......................................................................................................................... 67 Wellner Cutlery and Tableware Factory ..................................................................................................... 67 Schmalzgrube Iron Works............................................................................................................................. 68 Niederzwönitz Paper Mill .............................................................................................................................. 68 Elite Automobile Plant .................................................................................................................................. 69 Kahla Porcelain Factory ................................................................................................................................ 69 Mining and Infrastructure.......................................................................................................................... 70 Grüner Graben Water Ditch, Pobershau .................................................................................................... 71