Information on Freiberg

Freiberg is a silver city, university city and the capital of mining. Founded around 1162, Freiberg soon became one of the wealthiest towns in Saxony due to the silver mining. Furthermore Freiberg has always been the home of many famous thinker. 

Its historic town centre has been placed under heritage conservation and is a chosen site for the proposed UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Ore Mountain Mining Region. Until 1969, the town was dominated for around 800 years by the mining and smelting industries. In recent decades it has restructured into a high technology site in the fields of semiconductor manufacture and solar technology, part of Silicon Saxony. 

Sightseeings are e.g.:

  • historic city centre

  • Freudenstein Castle (incl. exhibition of minerals 'terra mineralia')

  • Cathedral of St. Mary

  • Concert and Conference Hall St. Nicholas

  • City and mining museum

  • Silver Mine 'Reiche Zeche'

  • Theatre

  • City Wall and Donatsturm

Sightseeings are e.g.:

  • historic city centre

  • Freudenstein Castle (incl. exhibition of minerals 'terra mineralia')

  • Cathedral of St. Mary

  • Concert and Conference Hall St. Nicholas

  • City and mining museum

  • Silver Mine 'Reiche Zeche'

  • Theatre

  • City Wall and Donatsturm

Impressions of Freiberg


Contact

FILK Freiberg Institute gGmbH
Meißner Ring 1-5
09599 Freiberg

GERMANY

Fon: +49-(0)3731-366-0
Fax: +49-(0)3731-366-130
E-Mail: mailbox@filkfreiberg.de