The Central or Middle Ore Mountains ( or ''Mittelerzgebirge'') is a natural region that forms the central-western part of the

Ore Mountains The Ore Mountains (, or ; ) lie along the Czech–German border, separating the historical regions of Bohemia in the Czech Republic and Saxony in Germany. The highest peaks are the Klínovec in the Czech Republic (German: ''Keilberg'') at ab ...

in the German federal state of

Saxony Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and ...

. It is part of the overarching unit, the Saxon Highlands and Uplands. It forms the eastern part of the former major units, the Lower Western Ore Mountains (''Unteres Westerzgebirge'', 423) and Upper Western Ore Mountains (''Oberes Westerzgebirge'', 421) and is separated from the Eastern Ore Mountains in the east by the (included) valley of the Flöha, and from the Western Ore Mountains in the west by the (excluded) valley of the Schwarzwasser and, below its mouth, by the

Zwickauer Mulde The Zwickauer Mulde () is a river in Saxony, Germany. It is the left tributary of the Mulde and in length. The source of the river is in the Ore Mountains, near Schöneck, in the Vogtlandkreis. It runs northeast to Aue, then northwest to ...

.Map of natural regions in Saxony
at www.umwelt.sachsen.de (pdf, 859 kB) The upper regions of the Central Ore Mountains are part of the

Ore Mountains/Vogtland Nature Park The Ore Mountains/Vogtland Nature Park () extends across the upper slopes of the Vogtland and Ore Mountains in southeastern Germany along its international border with Czech Republic. It is the longest nature park in Germany with a total length ...

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*** ttp://www.bfn.de/0311_landschaft.html?landschaftid=42300 Lower regions of the Central Ore Mountains Geography of the Ore Mountains Natural regions of Saxony {{ore-mountains-stub

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