Annaberg Buchholz

Annaberg-Buchholz is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Lying in the Ore Mountains, it is the capital of the locale of Erzgebirgskreis. The town is situated in the Ore Mountains, along the edge of the Pohlberg. The beforehand intensely forested upper Ore Mountains were settled in the 12th and 13th century by Franconian ranchers. Frohnau, Geyersdorf, and Kleinruckerswalde—all now part of present-day town—are altogether validated from 1397.

The business was additionally created in the 19th century, when Annaberg and Buchholz were associated by rail to Chemnitz and one another and the two settlements had particular schools for ribbon making. The town's mines some time ago created silver, tin, and cobalt however stopped generation before the First World War. After the Reunification of Germany in 1989, some were reestablished for vacationer purposes. In 1945 the two towns Annaberg and Buchholz converged into the new town Annaberg-Buchholz. Barbara Uthmann presented mesh and trim making in 1561 and it was additionally created during the 1590s.