Freiberg

Freiberg is a town in , Germany. It has one of the best preserved historic town centres in the state, and is known for its cathedral and centuries-old mining tradition.
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  • Type: Town with 41,500 residents
  • Description: town, district capital of Mittelsachsen District, Saxony, Germany
  • Also known as: “Freiberg/Sachsen” and “Freiburg”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Freiberg Cathedral and Freiberg Germany Temple.

Church
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The or Cathedral of St Mary is a church of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony in Freiberg in . The term Dom, a German synecdoche used for collegiate churches and cathedrals alike, is often uniformly translated as cathedral into English, even though this church here was a collegiate church, not a cathedral.

Church
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The is a temple of , located in Freiberg, Saxony, . The church announced the temple in October 1982, ground was broken for construction on April 23, 1983, and the temple was dedicated on June 29 and June 30, 1985.

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is located on the Schloßplatz on the edge of the town centre of Freiberg in the German state of . Its history is closely linked to the House of Wettin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hilbersdorf and Halsbrücke.

Village
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is a former municipality in , . With effect from 1 January 2012, it has merged with Bobritzsch, forming the new municipality of . is situated 3½ km east of Freiberg.

Village
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is a municipality and village in the district of , in , . It is situated just north of Freiberg, on the banks of the river. is situated 4 km north of Freiberg.

Village
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is a village.

Freiberg

Latitude
50.9169° or 50° 55′ 1″ north
Longitude
13.3429° or 13° 20′ 34″ east
Population
41,500
Elevation
412 metres (1,352 feet)
United Nations Location Code
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Open location code
9F2MW88V+Q5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 250667343
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
2925192
Wiki­data ID
Q14819
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Freiberg” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Freiberg”
  • Arabic: “فرايبرغ”
  • Aragonese: “Freiberg”
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  • Azerbaijani: “Frayberq”
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  • Catalan: “Freiberg”
  • Cebuano: “Freiberg (kapital sa distrito)”
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  • Chechen: “Фрайберг”
  • Chinese: “弗莱贝格”
  • Chinese: “弗萊貝格”
  • Chinese: “弗赖贝格”
  • Chinese: “費賴堡”
  • Corsican: “Freiberg”
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  • Czech: “Freiberg”
  • Czech: “Freiberk”
  • Danish: “Freiberg”
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  • Egyptian Arabic: “فرايبرج”
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  • Estonian: “Freiberg”
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  • Friulian: “Freiberg”
  • Galician: “Freiberg”
  • German: “Freiberg (Sachsen)”
  • German: “Freiberg in Sachsen”
  • German: “Freiberg, Sachsen”
  • German: “Freiberg”
  • German: “Freiberg/Sachsen”
  • Greek: “Φράιμπεργκ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Freiberg”
  • Hebrew: “פרייברג”
  • Hindi: “फ़्राइबर्ग”
  • Hungarian: “Freiberg”
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  • Japanese: “フライベルク”
  • Kazakh: “Фрайберг”
  • Kirghiz: “Фрайберг”
  • Kongo: “Freiberg”
  • Korean: “프라이베르크”
  • Kurdish: “Freiberg”
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  • Latin: “Friberga”
  • Latvian: “Freiberga”
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  • Macedonian: “Фрајберг”
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  • Occitan (post 1500): “Freiberg”
  • Persian: “فرایبرگ”
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  • Polish: “Freiberg”
  • Portuguese: “Freiberga”
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  • Russian: “Фрайберг”
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  • Sardinian: “Freiberg”
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  • Serbian: “Freiberg”
  • Serbian: “Фрајберг”
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  • South Azerbaijani: “فرایبرق”
  • Spanish: “Freiberg”
  • Swahili: “Freiberg”
  • Swedish: “Freiberg, Sachsen”
  • Swedish: “Freiberg”
  • Swiss German: “Freiberg”
  • Tatar: “Фрайберг”
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  • Ukrainian: “Фрайберг”
  • Ukrainian: “Фрайберґ”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Freiberg”
  • Urdu: “فرائی برگ”
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  • Waray (Philippines): “Freiberg, Saxony”
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  • Welsh: “Freiberg”
  • Wolof: “Freiberg”
  • Yue Chinese: “費賴堡”
  • Zulu: “Freiberg”
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