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ERZGEBIRGE , a mountain chain of Germany, extending in a W.S.W. direction from the Elbe to the Elstergebirge along the frontier between Saxony and Bohemia. Its length from E.N.E. to W.S.W. is about 8o m., and its average breadth about 25 M. The southern declivity is generally steep and rugged, forming in some places an almost perpendicular wall
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spring , the range is largely frequented by devotees of winter sport, ski, toboganning, &c. In summer the air is bracing, and many climatic health resorts have sprung into existence, among which may be mentioned Kipsdorf, Barenfels and Oberwiesenthal. Communication with the Erzgebirge is provided by numerous lines of railway, some, such as that from Freiberg to Brux, that from Chemnitz to Komotau, and that from Zwickau to Carlsbad, crossing the range, while various local lines serve the higher valleys.The Elstergebirge, a range some 16 m. in length, in which the Weisse Elster has its source, runs S.W. from the Erzgebirge to the Fichtelgebirge
See Grohmann, Das Obererzgebirge and seine Stadte (1903), and Schurtz, Die Passe des Erzgebirges (1891); also Daniel, Deutsch-land, vol. ii., and Gebauer, Lander and Volkerkunde, vol. i. End of Article: ERZGEBIRGE If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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