The last presentation of the travelling exhibition “Silver Rush and Berggeschrey” has been opened on 23 March 2018 in Freiberg. The exhibition resulted from the project ArchaeoMontan in 2014 and has already been presented in Jáchymov (CZ), Dippoldiswalde, Raddusch und Altzella, receiving more than 60,000 visitors. Freiberg presents the... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage
The Czech Minister of Regional Development, Klára Dostálová, has praised ArchaeoMontan 2018 in a press release as outstanding example of successful cross-border cooperation. She refers to the opening of a information centre in the town of Krupka. The centre is hosted in a building protected as monument which was refurbished with project funds.... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage
Partners of the project “Our World Heritage” met on 20 March 2018 in Ústí nad Labem to discuss draft of work sheets designed to support the education about the Ore Mountains’ cultural heritage in schools. The mountainous landscapes are hoped to be officially recognized as World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO.... read more
Topic: Education
After two years of construction the new Info Centre of the Mining Landscape of Krupka opened its doors on 14 March 2018. The info centre is hosted in a historic building which was refurbished within the „ArchaeoMontan 2018“ project. The building now hosts spaces for exhibitions and events as well as the town’s tourist information. One can... read more
Topic: Cultural heritageThe Archaeological Heritage Office of Saxony will host the international conference „The Ore Mountains in the focus of mountain archaeology”. The conference is the final event of the ArchaeoMontan 2018 project that terminates in summer. The event takes place on 23 and 24 August 2018 in Dippoldiswalde, Germany.... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage
Partners of the MineLife project met on 11 January 2018 in Freiberg to plan their activities in 2018 together. During the course of the year, five joint excursions to visit active mining locations in Saxony and Lower Silesia are planned. In addition, workshops will be staged in Demnitz-Thumitz (DE) and Sulików (PL) to discuss approaches to... read more
Topic: Institutional capacitiesShort before the end of 2017 constructions in Krupka (CZ) were finished and a refurbished building is now ready to get equipped to host an info-centre about the mining cultural landscape of the Ore Mountains. Meanwhile the exhibition to be hosted in a new museum in nearby Dippoldiswalde (DE) takes form as most design concepts were finalised. The... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage
On December 4 and 5, partners of the cross-border projects ArchaeoMontan 2018 and "Our World Heritage" met at Freiberg (DE) to coordinate the project realisation. For ArchaeoMontan 2018, the meeting was mainly used to plan the final activities of the project which terminates in August 2018. Partners of "Our World Heritage" in turn have only begun... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage
Around 70 representatives from mining, cultural heritage and education came together for the kick-off event of the project "Unser WeltErbe - die montane Kulturlandschaft Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří" (Our World Heritage - The Ore Mountains cultural landscape). Participants discussed in three workshops the challenges and opportunities of the... read more
Program: Saxony-Czech Republic
More than 100 persons participated last Thursday and Friday at the international conference Krušná krajina – Erz(gebirgs)landschaft – Ore Landscape in the Czech city of Kadaň. The event was used to present the first results of the cross-border project investigating medieval mining in the Ore Mountains.... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage