The Central or Middle Ore Mountains (german: Mittlere Erzgebirge or ''Mittelerzgebirge'') is a natural region that forms the central-western part of the Ore Mountains in the German federal state of

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

. 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 The Eastern Ore Mountains (german: Osterzgebirge) form a natural region of Saxony that covers the eastern part (in area almost the eastern half) of the Saxon Ore Mountains range. Together with the Western and Central Ore Mountains, it is part o ...

in the east by the (included) valley of the

Flöha Flöha () is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. Flöha is situated on the confluence of the rivers Zschopau and Flöha, east of Chemnitz. Flöha station connects the town to Dresden, Chemnitz, Freiberg, Annaberg-Buc ...

, and from the

Western Ore Mountains The Western Ore Mountains (german: Westerzgebirge) is a natural region that forms the westernmost part of the Ore Mountains in the German state of Saxony. It is also part of the major landscape unit known as the Saxon Highlands and Uplands. It ex ...

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 (german: Naturpark Erzgebirge/Vogtland) 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 natur ...

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* Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) *
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** Landscape fact files **

*** 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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