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Similar Elbe Sandstone Mountains, Weißeritz, Geisingberg, Kahleberg, Schloss Weesenstein | ||
The Eastern Ore Mountains (German: Osterzgebirge) form a natural region that covers the eastern part (in area almost the eastern half) of the Saxon Ore Mountains. It is part of the major landscape unit, the Saxon Highlands and Uplands. Its southern continuation covers an area of roughly the same extent in the Czech Republic.
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Map of Osterzgebirge, 01762 Hartmannsdorf-Reichenau, Germany
The Eastern Ore Mountains is bounded in the west by the (excluded) valley of the river Flöha and in the east by Saxon Switzerland, the German (northern) side of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. The boundary with the Ore Mountain Foreland to the north is rather unclear, whilst in the south the crest of the mountain range closely follows the state border with the Czech Republic.
The highest point on the Czech side is the Loučná (Wieselstein, 956 m n.m.). On the German (Saxon) side of the border the 905 m high Kahleberg is the highest elevation.
The upper regions of the Eastern Ore Mountains in the district of Mittelsachsen are part of the Ore Mountains/Vogtland Nature Park.
Nature reserves
The upper areas of the Eastern Ore Mountains are part of the Ore Mountains/Vogtland Nature Park and include the following nature reserves: