Aue-Bad Schlema: Ev.-Luth. Kirche - Aue
Aue lies along the Zwickauer Mulde, with closely built neighbourhoods climbing the wooded hills of Saxony’s western Ore Mountains. Now part of Aue-Bad Schlema, the town stands where several narrow valleys meet in a region long shaped by mining and industry. The Evangelical Lutheran St Nicholas Church, distinguished by its tall red-brick spire, is a defining feature of the local townscape. Aue developed with the Erzgebirge mining economy and later became associated with metalworking and textile production. Its compact centre, hillside homes and surrounding forest reflect the character of an upland industrial town, while the Zwickauer Mulde connects it to Saxony’s wider Mulde river system.
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Aue-Bad Schlema has served as a mining centre in Saxony since the 15th century. The municipality lies in the western Ore Mountains, where the Schwarzwasser meets the Zwickauer Mulde at Aue and the Schlemabach runs through Bad Schlema. Silver and other ores shaped the older settlements; after 1945, the Soviet-German Wismut enterprise made the Schlema district one of East Germany’s major uranium-mining areas. Mining ended in 1990, and remediation transformed much of the former industrial terrain. Bad Schlema is now known for its radon spa tradition, while Aue retains the compact character of a Mulde valley town. Continue with other webcams from the Ore Mountains and Saxony to see how this part of eastern Germany connects regionally.
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