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Encyclopedia > Freiberg (district)
Freiberg
Statistics
State: Saxony
Capital: Freiberg
Adm. Region: Chemnitz
Area: 914 km²
Inhabitants: 151,600 (2001)
pop. density: 166 inh./km²
Car identification: FG
Homepage: freiberg-regional.de (http://www.freiberg-regional.de)
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Freiberg is a district in Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the district of Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis, the city of Chemnitz, the districts of Mittweida, Meißen and Weißeritzkreis, and by the Czech Republic.

Contents
1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

History

The district was established in 1994 by merging the former districts of Freiberg, Brand-Erbisdorf and Flöha.


Geography

The district is located on the northern slopes of the Ore Mountains. The largest river of the region is the Freiberger Mulde, which rises on Czech territory and from there runs northwards.


Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:
  • the lion is the heraldic animal of Saxony
  • the tools symbolise the mining tradition in the Ore Mountains

Towns and municipalities

Towns Municipalities
  1. Augustusburg
  2. Brand-Erbisdorf
  3. Flöha
  4. Frauenstein
  5. Freiberg
  6. Oederan
  7. Sayda
  8. Siebenlehn
  1. Bobritzsch
  2. Dorfchemnitz
  3. Eppendorf
  4. Falkenau
  5. Frankenstein
  6. Gahlenz
  7. Großhartmannsdorf
  8. Großschirma
  9. Halsbrücke
  1. Hilbersdorf
  2. Leubsdorf
  3. Lichtenberg
  4. Mulda
  5. Neuhausen
  6. Niederschöna
  7. Niederwiesa
  8. Oberschöna
  9. Rechenberg-Bienenmühle
  10. Reinsberg
  11. Weißenborn

External links

  • Official website (http://www.freiberg-regional.de) (German)


Rural and urban districts in Saxony

Annaberg | Aue-Schwarzenberg | Bautzen | Chemnitz (city) | Chemnitzer Land | Delitzsch | Döbeln | Dresden | Freiberg | Görlitz | Hoyerswerda | Kamenz | Leipzig (city) | Leipziger Land | Löbau-Zittau | Meißen | Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis | Mittweida | Muldentalkreis | Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis | Plauen | Riesa-Großenhain | Sächsische Schweiz | Stollberg | Torgau-Oschatz | Vogtlandkreis | Weißeritzkreis | Zwickau (city) | Zwickauer Land

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Calw is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Karlsruhe, Enzkreis, the district-free city Pforzheim, Böblingen, Freudenstadt and Rastatt.
During the communal reform in 1973 the district at first was planned to be dissolved and its municipalities split to neighboring district.
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