Vysoka Pec

Vysoká Pec lies in a valley on the southeastern flank of the Ore Mountains, where wooded slopes descend toward the open country of the Most Basin. This small municipality in the Chomutov District sits within a borderland shaped by the long extraction of ores in the mountains and lignite in the basin below. Its name, meaning “high furnace,” preserves a direct link to the region’s metallurgical past. The cross-border Ore Mountains Mining Region was inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 2019, recognising a mining tradition that influenced communities on both sides of the Czech–German frontier. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of Vysoká Pec and the Ore Mountains.

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