Cross-border Mining Trail
The Cross-border Mining Education Trail (german: Grenzüberschreitender Bergbaulehrpfad, cz, Příhraniční naučná hornická stezka) from Krupka (German: Graupen) to Geising, Altenberg, Saxony, Altenberg, Zinnwald-Georgenfeld, Zinnwald and Cínovec (German: Böhmisch Zinnwald) to Dubí (German: Eichwald) is a 40 km long mining history educational trail in the upper Eastern Ore Mountains in Germany and the Czech Republic. It links seventy sites (including museums, monuments, visitor mines, mining ponds and ditches, reclamations and tourist attractions) connected with the history of mining and settlement in this cross-border region of the Ore Mountains. The educational trail describes the development of what was once the most important tin mining regions in Central Europe. In order to hike the trail, a walking map is recommended that contains detailed maps and short descriptions of the waypoints en route and the opening times of the museums. Location The trail lies about ...
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Krupka
Krupka (; german: Graupen) is a town in Teplice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. The town is located in the Ore Mountain Mining Region, an UNESCO World Heritage Site, and during the late Middle Ages it was one of the world-leading producers of tin and silver. The centre of Krupka is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrative parts Town parts and villages of Bohosudov, Fojtovice, Horní Krupka, Maršov, Nové Modlany, Soběchleby, Unčín and Vrchoslav are administrative parts of Krupka. Etymology The name "Krupka" was derived from an Old-Czech word ''krupý'', which approximately means "large". Geography Krupka is located about north of Teplice and east of Ústí nad Labem. The southern part of the municipal territory with the built-up area lies the Most Basin, the northern part lies in the Ore Mountains. On the southern border of Krupka there is the Kateřina Reservoir, ...
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