Freiberg, Saxony
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Freiberg within Mittelsachsen district | |
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| Coordinates: 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 (2023-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 41,213 |
| • Density | 860/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 09599 |
| Dialling codes | 03731 |
| Vehicle registration | FG |
| Website | www |
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.
References
- ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Sachsens am 31. Dezember 2023 - Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 15. Mai 2022 (Gebietsstand 01.01.2023)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.
Other websites
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