Freiberg, Saxony facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Freiberg
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Freiberg
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| Country | Germany | |
| State | Saxony | |
| District | Mittelsachsen | |
| Elevation | 400 m (1,300 ft) | |
| Population
(2021-12-31)
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| • Total | 39,721 | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes |
09599
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| Dialling codes | 03731 | |
| Vehicle registration | FG | |
| Website | www.freiberg.de | |
Freiberg (i.e. free mountain) is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, capital of the Freiberg Rural District.
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.
Images for kids
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The slag heap of "Hohe Esse" with the Feinhütte Halsbrücke in the foreground
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Clemens Winkler 1875
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Karl Theodor Körner
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Clara Schumann 1878/1879
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Gustav Zeuner
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Untermarkt (Lower Market)
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Obermarkt (Upper Market) with Town hall
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The electoral box of the Polish king Augustus II the Strong in the Freiberg Cathedral
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St. Petri church
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Freudenstein Castle
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St. Nikolas church
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Campus of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg
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A Freiberg Eierschecke cake
See also
In Spanish: Freiberg (Sajonia) para niños
