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    Johanngeorgenstadt (German pronunciation: [ˌjoːhan.ɡeˈɔʁgŋ.ʃtat] ) is a mining town in Saxony’s Ore Mountains, 17 km south of Aue, and 27 km northwest...
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    The Pulverturm in Johanngeorgenstadt was a tower used by the mining authorities for storing gunpowder for the Neu Leipziger Glück pit. It was built in...
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    The Karlovy Vary–Johanngeorgenstadt railway connects Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic with Johanngeorgenstadt in Saxony, Germany. The highest point of...
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    appeared in more than one hundred films since 1984. Hennicke was born in Johanngeorgenstadt in Saxony. He was awarded a German television award for best actor...
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    E. Brückmann described the mineral in 1772. Pitchblende from the Johanngeorgenstadt deposit in Germany was used by M. Klaproth in 1789 to discover the...
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    blunt from use. In coats of arms the symbol is often shown in black (Johanngeorgenstadt, Hövels), but also in natural colours (Telnice) or in gold or silver...
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    Andernach Pulverturm, Linz am Rhein Pulverturm, Mainz Pulverturm, Johanngeorgenstadt Pulverturm in Zwickau Pulverturm, Quedlinburg Pulverturm, Greiz Pulverturm...
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    to the Staatsstraße 272 and the railway line from Schwarzenberg to Johanngeorgenstadt, opened in 1883. The emergence of the hammer mill is closely connected...
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    De Randfichten are a German Volksmusik (folk music) band from Johanngeorgenstadt, Saxony. Founded in 1992 as Original Arzgebirgische Randfichten by Thomas...
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    Joachimsthal, one trending northwesterly from Schneeberg through Johanngeorgenstadt to Joachimsthal, and a second trending north–south from Freiberg through...
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    deposits, including Jáchymov on the Czech site of the Ore Mountains, Johanngeorgenstadt, Pöhla-Tellerhäuser, Schneeberg-Schlema-Alberoda in the German part...
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    established Flossenbürg subcamps to support its production: a subcamp at Johanngeorgenstadt, established in December 1943, to produce tailplanes for the Bf 109...
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  • Gustav Schäfer (rower) (category People from Johanngeorgenstadt)
    German rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Johanngeorgenstadt. In 1911, his family moved to Dresden. Schäfer's sporting career started...
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    off & trees were severely damaged. An F2 tornado caused damage in Johanngeorgenstadt, Germany, causing 2 injuries while another F2 tornado hit Erlabrunn...
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    Torbernite was found for the first time at Georg Wagsfort Mine near Johanngeorgenstadt in the Erzgebirge Mountains in Saxony. It was first mentioned in 1772...
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    (Elster) (Saxony-Anhalt) Jever (Lower Saxony) Joachimsthal (Brandenburg) Johanngeorgenstadt (Saxony) Jöhstadt (Saxony) Jüchen (North Rhine-Westphalia) Jülich...
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    from the Friedrichssegen mine in Lahnstein in Rhineland-Palatinate, Johanngeorgenstadt in Saxony, Stříbro in the Czech Republic, Phoenixville in Pennsylvania...
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    in 1868 for a sample from a hydrothermal nickel–uranium vein from Johanngeorgenstadt, Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany and named for German chemist Robert...
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  • Jugel is a division of the town of Johanngeorgenstadt in the German district of Erzgebirgskreis. This dispersed settlement is surrounded by woods, is divided...
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    Hamburg Bad Karlshafen Freudenstadt Friedrichsdorf Glückstadt Hanau Johanngeorgenstadt Krefeld Neu-Isenburg Neusalza-Spremberg The Cologne War (1583–1589)...
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    discovered the element uranium in a sample of pitchblende from the Johanngeorgenstadt vein deposit. The first industrial production of uranium was made...
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    (Stadtkreise) and 21 rural districts (Landkreise): Urban districts : Johanngeorgenstadt; Karl-Marx-Stadt; Plauen; Schneeberg; Zwickau. Rural districts : Annaberg;...
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  • Seifenbach is a river of Saxony, Germany in the area of the town Johanngeorgenstadt. It is a right tributary of the Schwarzwasser. List of rivers of Saxony...
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  • reckless boom the population grew sharply in several places (see e. g. Johanngeorgenstadt). Especially in the early days of the Wismut mining operation considerable...
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    the Auersberg peak (1019 meters) and the winter sports areas around Johanngeorgenstadt and the Vogtland. In the Old Town the Cathedral and the Gewandhaus...
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    established Flossenbürg subcamps to support its production: a subcamp at Johanngeorgenstadt, established in December 1943, to produce tailplanes for the Bf 109...
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    born in Erlabrunn and grew up in the nearby town of Johanngeorgenstadt by SC Dynamo Johanngeorgenstadt in the Ore Mountains. At age twelve, he was sent to...
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  • Schlema Ehrenfriedersdorf Eibenstock Elterlein Geyer Grünhain-Beierfeld Johanngeorgenstadt Jöhstadt Lauter-Bernsbach Lößnitz Lugau Marienberg Oberwiesenthal...
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  • Hrunamannahreppur 19 Municipality in Iceland Icelandic Warm geyser municipality. Johanngeorgenstadt 18 Mining town in Saxony, Germany German "City of John George". Kwigiumpainukamiut...
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    inter-city buses, České dráhy, and Deutsche Bahn via the Karlovy Vary–Johanngeorgenstadt railway. Karlovy Vary Airport is an international airport located...
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