Pernink (German: Bärringen) is a village in Karlovy Vary District in the Czech Republic. It is situated in the valley of at 840 m above sea level. It has approximately 600 residents. At the beginning of the 16th century, mining pioneers settled in the area which was dominated by dense forest at the time. According to a legend, a bear found silver-stones there. The legend is preserved in the coat of arms and also in the German name (Bär = Bear). In 1532, a settlement called Peringer was raised to mining town status. The town received further privileges in 1559 and 1562. The predominant industry was the mining of silver and tin. The area between Pernink, Abertamy and Horní Blatná used to be called Silver triangle. Following the Thirty years war, most of the protestant miners left to neighbo