Freiberg, Saxony
Freiberg (i.e. free mountain) is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, capital of the Freiberg Rural District.
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Freiberg within Mittelsachsen district | |
| Coordinates: 50°54′43″N 13°20′34″E / 50.91194°N 13.34278°ECoordinates: 50°54′43″N 13°20′34″E / 50.91194°N 13.34278°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| District | Mittelsachsen |
| Subdivisions | 12 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sven Krüger (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 48.05 km2 (18.55 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 400 m (1,300 ft) |
| Population (2007-07-31) | |
| • Total | 42,524 |
| • Density | 884.99/km2 (2,292.13/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 09599 |
| Vehicle registration | FG |
| Website | www |
The town was founded in 1186, and has been a centre of the mining industry in the Ore Mountains for centuries.
In 1944 the Flossenburg concentration camp built a subcamp outside the town of Freiberg. It housed over 500 female survivors of other camps, including Auschwitz Birkenau. Altogether 50 or so SS women worked in this camp until its evacuation in April 1945. The female survivors later reached the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria.
Freiberg, Saxony Media
"Stollnhaus" in Zug (Freiberg), Saxony
Clemens Winkler als Professor in Freiberg (ca.1875)
- KarlTheodorKörner
Pianist and composer Clara Schumann by Franz von Lenbach
- Zeuner
Untermarkt in Freiberg
Obermarkt (Upper Market) with Town hall
The electoral box of the Polish king Augustus II the Strong in the Freiberg Cathedral
Petrikirche, Freiberg, Sachsen
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References
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