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Freiberg University of Mining and Technology

The Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg (usually translated from German as Freiberg University of Mining and Technology or Freiberg Mining Academy, University of Technology and abbreviated TUBAF) is a small German University of Technology with about 6000 students in the city of Freiberg, Saxony.

Located at 50.9181, 13.3408 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Universities and colleges in Saxony, Schools of mines, Educational institutions established in the 1760s, 1765 establishments, Freiberg, Mining in the Ore Mountains

Freiberg Cathedral

The Freiberg Cathedral or Cathedral of St Mary (German: Dom St. Marien) is a church of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony in Freiberg in Saxony. The term Dom, a German synecdoche used for collegiate churches and cathedrals alike, is often uniformly translated as cathedral into English, even though this church here was a collegiate church, not a cathedral (seat of a bishop).

Located at 50.9203, 13.3433 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Lutheran cathedrals in Germany, Lutheran church buildings converted from Roman Catholicism, Former collegiate churches, Churches in Saxony, Freiberg, Ore Mountains, Gothic hall churches in Germany

Halsbrücker Esse

Halsbrücker Esse is a smokestack to the north of Halsbrücke near Freiberg. It is also known as Hohe Esse or Halsbrück(e)ner Esse, Esse being an East Central German word for a smokestack. With a height of 140m it was the highest smokestack in the world at its completion and it remains the tallest brick building in Europe and is a technical and industrial historical monument.

Located at 50.9611, 13.3542 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Towers completed in 1889, Chimneys in Germany, Mining in the Ore Mountains, Freiberg

Freiberg Mining Field

The Freiberg Mining Field (German: Freiberger Revier or Freiberger Bergbaurevier) is an ore field which, in its widest sense, is located on an ore deposit of precious and non-ferrous metals roughly 35 x 40 kilometres in area in the lower Eastern Ore Mountains in the German Free State of Saxony.

Located at 50.9194, 13.35 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Mining in the Ore Mountains, Freiberg

Saxon Mining Office

The Saxon Mining Office is the executive authority for mining rights in the German state of Saxony. It is also responsible for all non-metallic mineral resources on the terrain of the former East Germany.

Located at 50.92, 13.3419 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Mining organisations, Mining in Germany, Politics of Saxony, Freiberg

Freudenstein Castle

Freudenstein Castle is located on the Schloßplatz ("Castle Square") on the edge of the town centre of Freiberg in the German state of Saxony. Its history is closely linked to the House of Wettin. After several connversions the castle is now a stately home with four wings comprising these buildings: the Langes Haus, Neues Haus, Kirchenflügel, Großer Turm und Schmales Haus ("Long House", "New House", "Church Wing", "Great Tower" and "Narrow House").

Located at 50.9204, 13.34 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Castles in Saxony, Freiberg

Christiansdorf (Freiberg)

Christiansdorf, historically spelt Christianesdorph in 1183 and Christianisdorf in 1185, was a forest settlement in the Duchy of Saxony (the present day German state of Saxony) that only existed for a few years, but is credited as being the first place in the Ore Mountains that silver ore was discovered. The little mining settlement in the March of Meissen and was a forerunner of the present town of Freiberg, which itself was founded in the 1160s.

Located at 50.9189, 13.3478 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Mittelsachsen, Freiberg, Former municipalities in Saxony