Freiberg (district)

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Freiberg
Map of Free State of Saxony highlighting the district Freiberg
State	Free State of Saxony
County seat	Freiberg
Adm. region	Chemnitz
Area	914 km²
Population	151,600 (2001)
pop. density	166 inh./km²
Car identification	FG
Web page	freiberg-regional.de

Freiberg is a district in the Free State of 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.

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

[edit] History

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] External links

Official website (German)

	Urban and rural districts in the Federal State of Saxony in Germany
Urban districts	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