Freiberg, Saxony
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Freiberg, Obermarkt square
Freiberg is a city in Saxony, Germany, capital of the district Freiberg. Population 45.428 (2001).
The city was founded in 1186, and has been a center of the mining industry in the Ore Mountains for centuries. A symbol of this history is the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, established in 1765 and the oldest university of mining and metallurgy in the world.
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External links
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- Official website (http://www.freiberg.de)
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