Johanngeorgestadt, Germany

Johanngeorgenstadt

Continuing eastward

driving eastward

Getting closer to the border

The border of Germany

Climbing the Erzgebirge

Approaching Johanngeorgenstadt

museum area

"horse-gin"

Inside the museum

early 1800s

Martin Heinrich Klaproth

photographs of the original minerals

authentic sample of pitchblende

where the mines were located

The mines

Close-up of the mining region

friendly denizen

Georg Wagsfort Mine

top of the hill

The woods

the site

A New Element

across the Czech border

"Shopping Center"

Looking back toward to the border