page_title: Ore Mountains
section_title: Important rivers
hierarchical_section_title: Ore Mountains / Geography / Topography / Important rivers
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Burg und Schloss Stein in Hartenstein
context_page_description: The Ore Mountains or Ore Mountain Range in Central Europe have formed a natural border between Saxony and Bohemia for around 800 years, from the 12th to the 20th centuries. Today, the border between Germany and the Czech Republic runs just north of the main crest of the mountain range. The highest peaks are the Klínovec, which rises to 1,244 metres above sea level and the Fichtelberg.
  The area played an important role in contributing Bronze Age ore, and as the setting of the earliest stages of the early modern transformation of mining and metallurgy from a craft to a large-scale industry, a process that preceded and enabled the later Industrial Revolution.
  In 2019 the region became a UNESCO World Heritage site.
context_section_description: From west to east:
  Zwota / Svatava (Zwodau)
  Rolava (Rohlau)
  Zwickauer Mulde
  Schwarzwasser
  Chemnitz
  Würschnitz
  Zwönitz
  Freiberger Mulde
  Zschopau
  Flöha
  Red Weißeritz and Wild Weißeritz
  Müglitz
  Gottleuba
caption: Stein Castle on the Zwickauer Mulde
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