Freital
Freital is a town in the Elbe Valley region of Saxony. One of the major centers of coal-mining, Freital preserves late 19th-century buildings and some technical landmarks, including the historical narrow-gauge railway Weißeritztalbahn.
- Type: Town with 39,300 residents
- Description: town in the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge in the Free State of Saxony, Germany
- Also known as: “Einheitsgemeinde de Freital”, “Einheitsgemeinde Freital”, “Freithal”, “Große Kreisstadt Freital”, “Kreisstadt Freital”, “Stadt Freital”, and “Wilhelmine-Reichard-Stadt”
- Neighbors: Dresden
Places of Interest
Highlights: Freital-Potschappel station and Jochhöhschlösschen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Deuben and Gorbitz.
Deuben
Suburb
Gorbitz
Suburb
Gorbitz is an area in south-west Dresden, Germany. Gorbitz is situated 3½ km north of Freital.
Freital
- Categories: Unitary municipality in Germany, Greater district town, district capital, independent city of Germany, urban municipality in Germany, medium regional center, and locality
- Location: Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxon Elbland, Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.0163° or 51° 0′ 59″ north
Longitude
13.653° or 13° 39′ 11″ east
Population
39,300
Elevation
171 metres (561 feet)
UN/LOCODE
DE FTA
Open location code
9F3M2M83+G6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Freital” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فرايتال”
- Aragonese: “Freital”
- Bashkir: “Фрайталь”
- Basque: “Freital”
- Belarusian: “Фрайталь”
- Bulgarian: “Фрайтал”
- Catalan: “Freital”
- Cebuano: “Freital”
- Chechen: “Фрайталь”
- Chinese: “弗賴塔爾”
- Chinese: “弗赖塔尔”
- Czech: “Freital”
- Danish: “Freital”
- Dutch: “Freital”
- Esperanto: “Freital”
- French: “Freital”
- German: “Freital”
- Hakka Chinese: “Freital”
- Hebrew: “פרייטאל”
- Hindi: “फ़्राइटाल”
- Hungarian: “Freital”
- Irish: “Freital”
- Italian: “Freital”
- Japanese: “フライタール”
- Kazakh: “Фрайталь”
- Kirghiz: “Фрайталь”
- Kurdish: “Freital”
- Ladin: “Freital”
- Latvian: “Freitāle”
- Macedonian: “Фрајтал”
- Malay: “Freital”
- Northern Frisian: “Freital”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Freital”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Freital”
- Norwegian: “Freital”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Freital”
- Persian: “فرایتال”
- Polish: “Freital”
- Portuguese: “Freital”
- Romanian: “Freital”
- Russian: “Фрайталь”
- Scots: “Freital”
- Serbian: “Фрајтал”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Freital”
- Silesian: “Freital”
- Slovak: “Freital”
- Slovenian: “Freital”
- South Azerbaijani: “فرایتال”
- Spanish: “Freital”
- Swedish: “Freital”
- Tatar: “Фрайталь”
- Tumbuka: “Freital”
- Turkish: “Freital”
- Ukrainian: “Фрайталь”
- Upper Sorbian: “Freital”
- Uzbek: “Freital”
- Vietnamese: “Freital”
- Volapük: “Freital”
- Waray (Philippines): “Freital”
- Welsh: “Freital”
- “Freital”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Niederpesterwitz and Potschappel.
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