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
core-consult has been successful with two applications in the second round of the INTERREG CENTRAL EUROPE programme. Virtual Arch, led by the State Office for Archeology Saxony, will deal with new opportunities to use digital technologies (e.g. virtual reality) to visualise hidden cultural heritage. In the second project, SubNodes, the role of... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage
When the ArchaeoMontan 2018 work group met on 21/11/2016 at Freiberg, partners were reporting a number of new archeological discoveries that were made in recent weeks. While Czech partners were able to prove the vast extension of the abandoned former medieval miners’ town near Kremsiger, a previously unknown system of mines was discovered below... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage
A work meeting on 12 September 2016 was used to elaborate a joint knowledge base (database) to collect archaeological findings regarding the medieval mining activities. The database will provide scientists active in both Saxony and the Czech Republic to store and research the results of the ArchaeoMontan 2018 project.... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage
Surrounded by media representatives, Krupka’s mayor Dr. Zdeněk Matouš and Dr. Christiane Hemker, Head of Project ArchaeoMontan 2018, formally inaugurated the building site of the info-point in the Czech town. Constructions are expected to be finalised late in 2017. After completion, tourists will be able to find information about the planned... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage
A travelling exhibition themed on medieval mining in the Ore Mountains, produced in 2014/2015 as result of the cross-border project ArchaeoMontan, has been opened in Altzella on 15 July 2016. There, the exhibition can be visited until 31 October... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage