Ore Mountains – Erzgebirge SILOTO PHOTO GALLERY – Ore Mountains The Ore Mountains or Ore Mountain Range (German: Erzgebirge ,Czech: Krušné hory; both literally “ore mountains” in Central Europe have formed a natural border between Saxony and Bohemia for around 800 years, from the 12th to the 20th centuries. Today, […]
Karlovy Vary Region
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The former mine and military prison camp Rolava (Sauersack) GPS: 50°23’53.947″N, 12°37’50.389″E Rolava (originally by German Sauersack) is a defunct village in the Ore Mountains, which was located approximately 1.5 km north of Přebuz village in the district of Sokolov in the Karlovy Vary Region. The settlement was probably founded in […]
The Church of the Visitation, Skoky Žlutice, okres Karlovy Vary, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic GPS: 50°5’46.800″N, 13°5’49.720″E In the extinct village Skoky – Maria Stock – on-site chapel with miraculous painting of the Virgin Mary was in the years 1736 – 1738 built a large Baroque church – The […]