Freiberg (district)

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Freiberg

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State:	Saxony
Capital:	Freiberg } } |- | Area:||914 km² |- | Inhabitants:||151,600 (2001) |- | pop. density:||166 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||FG |- | Homepage:||[freiberg-regional.de] |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |colspan=2 align=center| |} 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 Augustusburg Brand-Erbisdorf Flöha Frauenstein Freiberg Großschirma Oederan Sayda Bobritzsch Dorfchemnitz Eppendorf Falkenau Frankenstein Gahlenz Großhartmannsdorf Halsbrücke Hilbersdorf Leubsdorf Lichtenberg Mulda Neuhausen Niederschöna Niederwiesa Oberschöna Rechenberg-Bienenmühle Reinsberg Weißenborn External links [Official website] (German) Cities and rural districts in the Federal State of Saxony in Germany Cities Chemnitz | Dresden | Görlitz | Hoyerswerda | Leipzig | Plauen | Zwickau Rural districts Annaberg | Aue-Schwarzenberg | Bautzen | Chemnitzer Land | Delitzsch | Döbeln | Freiberg | Kamenz | Leipziger Land Löbau-Zittau | Meißen | Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis | Mittweida | Muldentalkreis | Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis Riesa-Großenhain | Sächsische Schweiz | Stollberg | Torgau-Oschatz | Vogtlandkreis | Weißeritzkreis | Zwickauer Land   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: