The second meeting of the ArchaeoTin partners took place on March 19th and 20th, 2024, in Boží Dar (CZ). During the event the participants exchanged about the first findings and upcoming activities of the project's scientific partners, which research the origins of tin mining in the Ore Mountains, which began already in the Bronze Age.... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage
The ArchaeoTin projects aims to answer the question about the beginning of first mining activities in the Ore Mountains after archeologists were able to date first excravation activities to the Bronze age. During their kick-off meeting on September 11th and 12th, 2023, in Dresden, the project partners discussed how they will collaborate in... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage
Among the first projects approved for funding from the new Interreg programme for cross-border cooperation between Saxony and the Czech Republic is "ArchaeoTin", which had been elaborated with support of core-consult. The Saxon State Office for Archaeology as Lead partner and six other institutions from Germany and the Czech Republic will... read more
Program: Saxony-Czech Republic
Since 2019 the Mountain Region Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří has the status of a UNESCO World Heritage site, including lesser known sites such as the former mining region of Vrch Mĕdník (Kupferberg). In the project "ArchaeoMontan @ School" the Saxon State Office of Archaeology and the Institute for Archaeology Most (UAPP) aim to make their knowledge... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage, Education
Last week the Monitoring Committee of the INTERREG Cross-border cooperation programme between Saxony and the Czech Republic 2014-2020 has approved the project "Archaeomontan @ School" for funding. Under the reservation of available funds the project will begin its implementation in summer 2021. In the elaboration of the successful project... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage, EducationResults of the project "Our World Heritage" were presented on 5 Märchen 2020 to interested stakeholders im Jáchymov and Boží Dar. Those include an interactive map, knowledge sheets about the UNESCO World Heritage programme, and materials for schools. Both events were attended by more than 20... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage, Education
The presentation of educational and communication tools to pass on knowledge about the UNESCO World Hertitage Ore Mountains on Februar 22nd, in Krupka, highlighted the needs in both the German and Czech parts of the territory. Especially non-profit associations and schools requested specific support to be able to contribute to a full unleashing of... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage
Almost 20 representatives of local and national media from Germany and Poland responded to an invitation of the Saxon State Ministry of the Interior and the Marshall Office of the Lower Silesian Voivodship to participate in a media tour of the Saxon-Lower Silesian border area on December 5th and 6th, 2019. On different locations they learned how... read more
Topic: Institutional capacities
The Regional Archive of Karlovy Vary and the municipality's Museum of Karlovy Vary were destinations of a site-visit of the partners of the Archiv-Net project on November 26th, 2019. On site, participants learned about the history and legal framework of archives of the Czech Republic and the archeological collection of the local museum. Another... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage, Urban and rural development
Books as old as 500 years, certificates about ownership from medieval times and other artefacts from former mining sites of the central Ore Mountains were among the treasures visited by the Archiv-Net project team on 17 September 2019 in Annaberg-Buchholz. During a site visit the project partners and additional stakeholders from Saxony and the... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage, Institutional capacities