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Johanngeorgenstadt

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Johanngeorgenstadt, Germany
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Uranium was first isolated in 1789 from pitchblende samples taken from this modest Saxon mining town in the Ore Mountains, on the border with the Czech Republic. Founded in 1654 as a settlement for Bohemian Protestant exiles, Johanngeorgenstadt has a mining history stretching back to iron and tin extraction, with tin-panning in the area dating to the Bronze Age. Post-war uranium mining by the Wismut AG between 1946 and 1958 was so intensive that subsidence damage led to the demolition of nearly the entire old town. The town is also a state-recognized health resort and calls itself "Schwibbogen Town" after the traditional Ore Mountains candle arch.

  • Population5,573
  • Nearest water0.7 km
  • Nearest mountain1.9 km
  • UNESCO within 50 km18
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