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Himmlisch Heer mine, Pretschendorf, Klingenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germanyi
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Himmlisch Heer mineMine
PretschendorfVillage
KlingenbergMunicipality
Sächsische Schweiz-OsterzgebirgeDistrict
SaxonyState
GermanyCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 51' 30'' North , 13° 31' 21'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
50.85856,13.52258
GeoHash:
G#: u3197dwbd
GRN:
N34E07
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Pretzschendorf4,440 (2015)1.7km
Frauenstein3,364 (2015)6.3km
Obercunnersdorf2,249 (2015)7.0km
Lichtenberg3,060 (2017)7.3km
Dorfhain1,255 (2014)8.9km
Mindat Locality ID:
434814
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:434814:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
German:
Grube Himmlisch Heer, Klingenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Sachsen, Deutschland


Intermittently active between 1564 and 1883.

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References

www.mineralatlas.eu (n.d.) https://www.mineralatlas.eu/?l=549
Vollstädt, H. (1981): Einheimische Minerale. (P. 249).
H. W. Buchholz and H. Teschner (1981): Exkursion der AG Mineralogie/Geologie Cottbus nach Pretzschendorf und Hartmannsdorf, Osterzgebirge. Fundgrube 2/1981, 63-64.
Haake, Flach, Bode (1994): Mineralien und Fundstellen Deutschland, Teil 2. Bode-Verlag. (P. 89)
www.mineralienatlas.de (n.d.) https://www.mineralienatlas.de/doks/Sonstiges/Bergbau-zu-Pretschendorf.pdf
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