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Studies related to palaeoenvironmental reconstructions and land-use history: Research activities in the Erzgebirge (Fig. 9) are highly influenced by changing political circumstances. Stimulated by pioneering studies by Karl Rudolph and Franz Firbas, the Ore Mountains developed into an early test-field for the application of pollen analyses from 1920 to 1945. Additionally, historical studies have focussed on the records and maps produced by the forest management since the late 16th century. Interest in the historical development of this region was interrupted when the border between East Germany and the Czech Republic was shifted to the summits of the Ore Mountains in 1945 and settlement density in the Czech parts declined due to the expulsion of the German population. Only very few studies with palaeoenvironmental focus were published during the Cold-War Era and the Ore Mountains became scientific backwater. Important exemptions are profiles and pollen sequences (e. g. Komořanské jezero) recorded immediately before their destruction in the course of lignite mining in the Ohře basin. The remains of glas production on both sides of the border became a research topic during the 1980s. Research resumed after 1990, by now including refined 14C-chronologies and intensified archaeological rescue excavations by Czech and German authorities. More recently, the discovery of well-preserved mining constructions from the 13th century at Dippoldiswalde and later Niederpöbel triggered research on Medieval mining and its impact on the landscape with the EU-founded ArchaeoMontan projects from 2012–2015 and 2016–2018.