Western Ore Mountains - Westerzgebirge

To the Western Ore Mountains counts the landscape of the Ore Mountains from the valley of the black water and further west to the Vogtland. To the east it closes Middle Ore Mountains at.

places

Map of Western Ore Mountains
  • 1 AueWebsite of this institutionAue in the encyclopedia WikipediaAue in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsAue (Q57948) in the Wikidata database - known from FC Erzgebirge Aue.
  • 2 Bad SchlemaWebsite of this institutionBad Schlema in the encyclopedia WikipediaBad Schlema in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsBad Schlema (Q57711) in the Wikidata database - Radon bath.
  • 3 EibenstockWebsite of this institutionEibenstock in the encyclopedia WikipediaEibenstock in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsEibenstock (Q57881) in the Wikidata database - at the dam with the thermal bath
  • 4 JohanngeorgenstadtWebsite of this institutionJohanngeorgenstadt in the encyclopedia WikipediaJohanngeorgenstadt in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsJohanngeorgenstadt (Q57903) in the Wikidata database - City of milestones and post mile columns, former uranium ore mining, in the vicinity of the 1,019 m high Auersberg.

  • Aue

  • Bad Schlema

  • Eibenstock

  • Exulant church in Johanngeorgenstadt

  • 5 KirchbergWebsite of this institutionKirchberg in the encyclopedia WikipediaKirchberg in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsKirchberg (Q20079) in the Wikidata database - City on the border with Vogtland.
  • 6 LoessnitzWebsite of this institutionLößnitz in the encyclopedia WikipediaLößnitz in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsLößnitz (Q57921) in the Wikidata database - worth seeing old town with town hall and St John's Church - the largest classical sacred building in the Ore Mountains.
  • 7 SchneebergWebsite of this institutionSchneeberg in the encyclopedia WikipediaSchneeberg in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsSchneeberg (Q57941) in the Wikidata database -
  • 8 SchwarzenbergWebsite of this institutionSchwarzenberg in the encyclopedia WikipediaSchwarzenberg in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsSchwarzenberg (Q57953) in the Wikidata database - In 1945, together with Aue, formed the "Free Republic of Schwarzenberg", which was forgotten by the Allies.

  • Kirchberg

  • Loessnitz

  • Schneeberg

  • Schwarzenberg

Other goals

  • the Auersberg, the second highest mountain in the Saxon Ore Mountains
  • the dam Eibenstock

background

language

getting there

By train

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  • The EgroNet ticket. EgroNet ticket in the Wikipedia encyclopediaEgroNet ticket (Q1299092) in the Wikidata database.the Euregio Egrensis applies in the counties Greiz and Saale-Orla in Thuringia, in court, Kulmbach, Bayreuth, Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Pastures, Tirschenreuth and Wunsiedel in Upper Franconia, in Saxony in the Vogtland, Zwickau and the Western Ore Mountains and in Czech Republic in the region Karlovy Vary. The day pass for the second class costs 24 € (200 Kč in the Czech Republic) (plus 2 € in Germany if you buy at the counter) for the first person. For the 2nd to 5th person the additional charge is 8 € (100 Kč). You can make any number of trips with the participating transport companies on the day of validity until 3:00 a.m. the following day. In addition, you are allowed to take 3 children between 6 and 14 years and any number under 6 years with you. One bike per person is also free of charge. The surnames and first names of all travelers must be entered in block letters on the ticket, identification must be carried.last change: Jan. 2021

mobility

Railway lines in the Western Ore Mountains:

  • Zwickau–Aue–Schwarzenberg–Johanngeorgenstadt: In the 1950s, this route was - apart from the long-distance railway from Dresden to Zwickau on the northern edge - the most important railway in the Ore Mountains, because this was the railway used to transport uranium for the Soviet Union. Today regional trains run here every hour. Aue can be reached in half an hour, Schwarzenberg in 45 minutes and Johanngeorgenstadt in 1 hour 16 minutes.
  • Chemnitz–Aue is only part of a connection that used to go down to the Vogtland was enough. Regional trains connect the two cities every two hours in 1 hour 17 minutes.

Large parts of the Erzgebirge region are part of the Verkehrsverbund Central Saxony (VMS) organized. In the VMS tariff area, network tickets are valid on all public transport in the respective tariff zones. The Saxony (Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia) ticket is also valid on all VMS means of transport.

Tourist Attractions

activities

kitchen

  • Push-back cheese is a special cooked cheese from the Erzgebirge, which is made from Harz cheese, cream or butter, beer, salt, pepper and caraway.

accommodation

security

climate

literature

  • Hiking, skiing and cycling map of the Western Ore Mountains, Johanngeorgenstadt, Eibenstock, Auersberg and the surrounding area. Publishing house Dr. Barthel, ISBN 978-3-89591-020-3 . Scale 1: 35,000, € 5.90
  • Cycling and hiking map for Aue, Schneeberg, Lößnitz, Zwönitz and the surrounding area. Publishing house Dr. Barthel, ISBN 978-3-89591-118-7 . Scale 1: 35,000, € 5.90

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