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Mount Klínovec

mountain, Czech Republic

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feature of Ore Mountains

In Ore Mountains
The highest summits, Klínovec (4,081 feet [1,244 metres]) on the Czech side and Fichtel Mountain (3,983 feet [1,214 metres]) on the German side, are in the centre of the range. Loučná (3,136 feet [956 metres]) is at the northeastern end and Špičák (3,658 feet [1,115 metres]) at the…
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physiography of Jáchymov

In Jáchymov
…lies at the foot of Mount Klínovec, the highest summit in the Ore Mountains (Krušné hory), just north of Karlovy Vary and near the border with Germany. A silver-mining centre for the Holy Roman Empire, the town reached its peak in the 16th century, when its mines were owned by…
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