Freiberg

Freiberg is a university and former mining town in Saxony, Germany. It is a Große Kreisstadt (large county town) and the administrative centre of Mittelsachsen district.

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Freiberg
Town
Freiberg with Peter's Church in December 2007
Coat of arms
Location of Freiberg within Mittelsachsen district
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Coordinates: 50°54′43″N 13°20′34″E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Mittelsachsen
Subdivisions	8
Government
• Mayor (2022–29)	Sven Krüger[1]
Area
• Total	48.05 km2 (18.55 sq mi)
Elevation	400 m (1,300 ft)
Population  (2021-12-31)[2]
• Total	39,721
• Density	830/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	09599, 09596
Dialling codes	03731
Vehicle registration	FG
Website	www.freiberg.de

Its historic town centre has been placed under heritage conservation and is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Ore Mountain Mining Region, due to its exceptional testimony to the development of mining techniques across many centuries.[3] 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. It is home of the oldest university of mining and metallurgy in the world – the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology.