Schreckenberg

The Schreckenberg is a mountain near Frohnau in the county of Erzgebirgskreis in the central Ore Mountains of Germany. It is . It is located one kilometre northwest of the town of Annaberg-Buchholz in the borough of Frohnau.

== History == The mountain is primarily of historical importance, since it is where Annaberg's silver ore mining began. On 28 October 1491, Caspar Nietzel came across a vein of silver ore not far from the Frohnau Upper Mill. As a result, in 1496, on the opposite bank of the river Sehma, the new town of Neustadt am Schreckenberg grew up, which soon received the name Sankt Annaberg ("Saint Anna's Mountain"). In 1498, Annaberg received the right to mint coins from the Wettins. The Annaberg Mint was set up in or next to the upper mill and for a short time minted the coin known as the Schreckenberger, a widespread means of payment in the Holy Roman Empire. The saying ''You're a rich Annaberger, you've got a bag full of Schreckenbergers probably dates to this time. The minting of Großgroschen ("big groschen") was also carried out in the mints at Freiberg, Leipzig, Dresden and Saalfeld. The last Schreckenbergers were minted in Dresden in 1571. In Annaberg, the Schreckenberger Engelsgroschen was only minted until 1547.