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Natural regions in the Saxon Ore Mountains The Eastern Ore Mountains (German: Osterzgebirge ) form a natural region of Saxony that covers the eastern part (in area almost the eastern half) of the Saxon Ore Mountains range. Together with the Western and Central Ore Mountains, it is part of the larger Saxon Highlands and Uplands region. Its southern continuation beyond the German border covers an area of roughly the same extent in the Czech Republic. Contents 1 Geography 2 Settlements 3 Rivers and lakes 4 Nature reserves 5 See also 6 References 7 General sources 8 Literature 9 External links Geography The region is bounded in the west by the valley of the Flöha river, itself part of the Central Ore Mountains region. In the northeast it borders on Saxon Switzerland, the German (northern) side of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, at Bad Gottleuba. The boundary with the Ore Mountain Foreland to the north is rather unclear, roughly running from the town of Flöha along the Tharandt Fore...

For other similarly named ranges, see Ore Mountains (disambiguation). Ore Mountains Erzgebirge - Krušné hory Reservoir near Myslivny Highest point Peak Klínovec Elevation 1,244 m (4,081 ft) Coordinates 50°23′46″N 12°58′04″E  /  50.39611°N 12.96778°E  / 50.39611; 12.96778   Geography Location in Germany Location in the Czech Republic Physical map Country Czech Republic border with Germany States/Provinces Karlovy Vary Region, Ústí n. L. Region and Saxony (Germany) Range coordinates 50°35′N 13°00′E  /  50.583°N 13.000°E  / 50.583; 13.000 Coordinates: 50°35′N 13°00′E  /  50.583°N 13.000°E  / 50.583; 13.000 Geology Orogeny Variscan Age of rock Paleozoic Type of rock sedimentary, metamorphic and magmatic rocks The Ore Mountains or Ore Mountain Range [1] ( / ɔːr / ) (German: Erzgebirge [ˈeːɐ̯tsɡəbɪɐ̯ɡə] ; Czech: Krušné hory ; both literally "ore mountains" [2] ) in Central Europe have formed a natural border between Saxony and Bohemia for around 800 years, from the 1...