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Unterjugel
Jugel is a division of the town of Johanngeorgenstadt in the German district of Erzgebirgskreis. This dispersed settlement is surrounded by woods, is divided into Ober- and Unterjugel ("Upper and Lower Jugel") and runs along the German-Czech border from the ''Lehmergrund'' (708 m) to the crest of the Western Ore Mountains (873 m). In the vicinity lies the 980 metre-high Scheffelsberg. Jugel is a tourist destination for hikers and winter sportsmen. The village may be reached by railway on the Zwickau–Aue–Schwarzenberg–Johanngeorgenstadt line and by car along '' Staatsstraße'' 272 which runs from Schwarzenberg via Johanngeorgenstadt to Wildenthal. History The founding of the village goes back to the days of the mining industry in the 16th century. In 1561, the phrase ''an der Gugell'' appears in the records. In 1571, Sebastian Preißler built a glassworks with eight houses in what later became Oberjugel, where sheet glass, glasses and beakers were manufactured for the elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberjugel2009
Jugel is a division of the town of Johanngeorgenstadt in the German district of Erzgebirgskreis. This dispersed settlement is surrounded by woods, is divided into Ober- and Unterjugel ("Upper and Lower Jugel") and runs along the German-Czech border from the ''Lehmergrund'' (708 m) to the crest of the Western Ore Mountains (873 m). In the vicinity lies the 980 metre-high Scheffelsberg. Jugel is a tourist destination for hikers and winter sportsmen. The village may be reached by railway on the Zwickau–Aue–Schwarzenberg–Johanngeorgenstadt line and by car along '' Staatsstraße'' 272 which runs from Schwarzenberg via Johanngeorgenstadt to Wildenthal. History The founding of the village goes back to the days of the mining industry in the 16th century. In 1561, the phrase ''an der Gugell'' appears in the records. In 1571, Sebastian Preißler built a glassworks with eight houses in what later became Oberjugel, where sheet glass, glasses and beakers were manufactured for the elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Colour Works
A blue colour works (german: Blaufarbenwerke) is a paintworks where blue pigment for use in glassmaking is produced. Usually the pigment, cobalt blue, needed for this purpose, was manufactured from cobalt-containing ore as in the case of the factories listed below. Blue colour works * Saxony ** Oberschlema Blue Colour Works (''Blaufarbenwerk Oberschlema'') (founded 1644) in Oberschlema, according to some sources this was the largest blue colour works in the world ** Schneeberg Blue Colour Works (''Blaufarbenwerk Schneeberg'') (1568 to around 1580) in Schneeberg, the first small blue colour works in Saxony ** Unterjugel Blue Colour Works (''Blaufarbenwerk Unterjugel''), 17th century, in Unterjugel ** Niederpfannenstiel Blue Colour Works (''Blaufarbenwerk Niederpfannenstiel'') (founded 1635) in Niederpfannenstiel ** Schindler's Blue Colour Works (''Schindlersches Blaufarbenwerk'') (founded 1649) in Schindlerswerk ** Oehmesches Blue Colour Works (1649–1688) (''Oehmesches B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johanngeorgenstadt
Johanngeorgenstadt () is a mining town in Saxony’s Ore Mountains, 17 km south of Aue, and 27 km northwest of Karlovy Vary. It lies in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, on the border with the Czech Republic, is a state-recognized health resort (''Erholungsort''), and calls itself ''Stadt des Schwibbogens'' (“Schwibbogen Town”). Its population decline since the 1950s has been extremely severe falling from 45,000 residents in 1953 to only about one tenth of that now. Geography Location The town stretches predominantly from the eastern ridge of the almost 900-m-high Fastenberg to where the Breitenbach, which forms part of the border with the Czech Republic, empties into the river Schwarzwasser. The nearest high mountains to the town are the 1019-m-high Auersberg, the 1043-m-high Blatenský vrch (in the Czech Republic) and the 913-m-high Rabenberg. Neighbouring communities Communities in Aue-Schwarzenberg bordering on Johanngeorgenstadt are Breitenbrunn, Eibens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horní Blatná
Horní Blatná (german: Bergstadt Platten) is a town in Karlovy Vary District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as urban monument zone. History The settlement of the area was closely connected with tin mining, the origins of which date back to the end of the 15th century. Horní Blatná was founded as a mining town in 1532. In 1548, it was promoted to a royal mining town by Emperor Ferdinand I and obtained various privileges. The economic situation of the town was bolstered by opening of the railway line Karlovy Vary–Johanngeorgenstadt in 1899. According to the census of 1921, the town had the population of 2,163. 2,090 were Germans, 14 Czechoslovaks and 58 foreigners. Vast majority of the inhabitants were Roman Catholics, complemented by 62 Protestants and two people without religion. From 1938 to 1945 it was one of the municipalities in Sudetenland The list below gives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ore Mountain/Krušné Hory Ski Trail
The Ore Mountain Ski Hiking Trail (german: Skimagistrale Erzgebirge/Krušné hory) is a long distance, cross-country, ski hiking trail along the whole length of the Ore Mountain crest between Schöneck/Vogtl. and Altenberg. Course Another cross-country ski route, the so-called ''Kammloipe'' trail runs from Schöneck in the Vogtland region via Mühlleithen to Johanngeorgenstadt in the Western Ore Mountains. This trail is entirely within the German state of Saxony. Linked to it is the route of Ore Mountain/Krušné hory Ski Trail, known in German as the ''Skimagistrale'' or SM. This cross-country ski trail follows the general course of the Ore Mountain ridgeline, repeatedly alternating between Czech and German territory. It runs via Pernink, Boží Dar (''Gottesgab''), Kovářská, the Hirtstein, Rübenau, Hora Svaté Kateřiny (''Sankt Katharinaberg'') and Seiffen/Erzgeb. to Deutschgeorgenthal in the Eastern Ore Mountains The Eastern Ore Mountains (german: Osterzgebir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydropower
Hydropower (from el, ὕδωρ, "water"), also known as water power, is the use of falling or fast-running water to Electricity generation, produce electricity or to power machines. This is achieved by energy transformation, converting the Potential energy, gravitational potential or kinetic energy of a water source to produce power. Hydropower is a method of sustainable energy production. Hydropower is now used principally for Hydroelectricity, hydroelectric power generation, and is also applied as one half of an energy storage system known as pumped-storage hydroelectricity. Hydropower is an attractive alternative to fossil fuels as it does not directly produce Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, carbon dioxide or other Air pollution, atmospheric pollutants and it provides a relatively consistent source of power. Nonetheless, it has economic, sociological, and environmental downsides and requires a sufficiently energetic source of water, such as a river or elevated lake. Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raised Bog
Raised bogs, also called ombrotrophic bogs, are acidic, wet habitats that are poor in mineral salts and are home to flora and fauna that can cope with such extreme conditions. Raised bogs, unlike fens, are exclusively fed by precipitation ( ombrotrophy) and from mineral salts introduced from the air. They thus represent a special type of bog, hydrologically, ecologically and in terms of their development history, in which the growth of peat mosses over centuries or millennia plays a decisive role. They also differ in character from blanket bogs which are much thinner and occur in wetter, cloudier climatic zones. Raised bogs are very threatened by peat cutting and pollution by mineral salts from the surrounding land (due to agriculture and industry). The last great raised bog regions are found in western Siberia and Canada. Terminology The term raised bog derives from the fact that this type of bog rises in height over time as a result of peat formation. They are like sponges o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kleiner Kranichsee
The Kleiner Kranichsee (literally "Little Crane Lake", Czech: ''Malé jeřábí jezero'') is one of the most important raised bogs in the Ore Mountains of Central Europe. The bog straddles the German/Czech border; the part lying in the German state of Saxony has been protected since 1930, whilst the Czech part (6.02 hectares) was declared a nature reserve in 1962. Location The raised bog is located at an elevation of 930 metres above sea level (NN) in a clearing in the highland forest southwest of the town of Johanngeorgenstadt. The border between Germany and the Czech Republic runs through the bog and continues over the mountain of Buchschachtelberg. Name The name of the raised bog is linked to the Czech word ''granica'' "meaning border". The Kleiner Kranichsee was first mentioned in historical records in 1551. Significance It is a watershed- and ''krummholz'' raised bog that is drained towards the north by the Steinbach stream, to the west by the Große Bockau, to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henneberg (Johanngeorgenstadt)
Henneberg may refer to: Places *County of Henneberg, a mediaeval state in the Holy Roman Empire *Henneberg, Thuringia, a municipality in Thuringia, Germany People * Henneberg family, a German noble family ** Catherine of Henneberg (c. 1334–1397) ** Berthold von Henneberg (1442–1504), Archbishop of Mainz ** William IV, Princely count of Henneberg-Schleusingen (c. 1475–1559) *Claus H. Henneberg (1936-1998), German librettist and translator *Georg Henneberg (1908-1996), German physician, director of Robert Koch Institute *Gerd Michael Henneberg (1922-2011), German actor and theater director * Jill Henneberg (1974-), US Olympic equestrian *Johann Baptist Henneberg (1768-1822), Austrian composer, pianist, organist and Kapellmeister *Maciej Henneberg (born 1949), Australian-Polish physical anthropologist and evolutionist * Mary Jane (Molly) Henneberg (born 1973), TV reporter * Nathalie Henneberg (1910-1977), French science fiction writer * Richard Henneberg (1853-1925), German c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth largest by area (after Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne), and the third most populous city in the area of former East Germany, after Berlin and Leipzig. Dresden's urban area comprises the towns of Freital, Pirna, Radebeul, Meissen, Coswig, Radeberg and Heidenau and has around 790,000 inhabitants. The Dresden metropolitan area has approximately 1.34 million inhabitants. Dresden is the second largest city on the River Elbe after Hamburg. Most of the city's population lives in the Elbe Valley, but a large, albeit very sparsely populated area of the city east of the Elbe lies in the West Lusatian Hill Country and Uplands (the westernmost part of the Sudetes) and thus in Lusatia. Many boroughs west of the Elbe lie in the foreland of the Ore Mounta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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