Sauberg (Ore Mountains)
| Sauberg | ||
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| height | 797 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Erzgebirgskreis , Saxony ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Ore Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 27 '28 " N , 12 ° 46' 8" E | |
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The Sauberg is 797 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the western Ore Mountains .
Geographical location
The Sauberg is located south of Breitenbrunn in the Saxon Ore Mountains between the small and large Ortsbach . It was named after the wild boars that often caused great damage to the adjacent agricultural fields.
history
The Sauberg was a popular location for the Elector of Saxony's hunts. A total of 397 large game were shot here in 1665 . The mountain can also look back on a long mining history. By 1884 the mountain was on the eastern slope towards Great location Bach the Huthaus of mine Valerian treasure trove that, popularly known Dorothee .
After 1945, uranium mining was carried out on the Sauberg , which is still evident from several spoil heaps . The guest houses of the miners have been since the late 1950s years as a working summer camp of the Interflug in Dresden used and later as a restaurant and holiday complex.
literature
- Sauberg. In: Um Aue, Schwarzenberg and Johanngeorgenstadt (= values of our homeland . Volume 20). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1972, p. 185.