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free free - tea underground pm 12.30
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next to Freudenstein Castle. Freudenstein to next mineral beautiful most the down the shaft “Reiche Zeche” Zeche” “Reiche shaft the down on the Middle Ages, the early early the Ages, Middle the on church services, guided tours tours guided services, church Admission
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“Glück auf” (miner´s ‘Welcome’) of the revenue. Freiberg, as the Even though active mining world at Freudenstein Castle – a favour and visit one of the Novalis and Abraham Gottlob Hooray, we are a world heritage 14 Miner's Monument 17 Untermarkt – this is how Freiberger citizen “mother of the Saxon mining stopped in 1969, the mining the treasures of the earth are regularly held organ concerts. Werner, who studied at the site! The "Montanregion Erz- We now walk behind the town The path along Buttergasse still greet each other today – towns,” has the oldest mining tradition and associated impressively given pride of The premiere of Carl Maria von Bergakademie established in gebirge / Krušnohoří" has made hall to the Bergmanndenk- and Kreuzgasse leads us to in the city where hardworking authority and town seal in the customs are deeply entrenched, place. Weber’s first opera was held 1756. It is the oldest university it; it was awarded World Heritage mal (miner's monument), which the Untermarkt. While the miners found silver ore more region. During the High Middle and can still be experience in Freiberg Theatre, the oldest of mining science in the world status by the UNESCO World commemorates the end of mining Obermarkt was dominated by than 800 years ago and thus Ages, as the largest city in the today: whether at one of the Silver also plays an important municipal theatre in the world, and internationally recognised Heritage Committee in Baku on in the local region in 1913. orderly, rectangular buildings, created the foundation of the Margrave of Meißen, Freiberg’s traditional mining and smelter role in music – at least when known affectionately as “Little as a modern resource university. 6 July, 2019, adding it to the Opposite, on the corner building the construction in Untermarkt is treasure that is in the heart of silver wealth and its role as an parades, in which hundreds of it comes to the world famous Semper Opera”. 800 years of mining have left list of protected sites. A total of to Enge Gasse, you will find the somewhat more relaxed. Most of Saxony today. important mint contributed uniformed miners come through Gottfried Silbermann organs. their traces on the landscape 22 parts of the Erzgebirge (Ore representation of Anna Selbdritt the buildings date from the 16th The city’s name can be traced significantly to the growing the streets of the Silver City, or With their unique sound they Freiberg is not only all about and culture of the Ore Mountains Mountains) – 17 on the German (Saint Anna with her daughter Maria century. The square is, of course, SILVER TREASURE AND back to Margrave Otto von prosperity of the Electorate of going underground into the attract not only music lovers tradition, but also scientific and especially on the silver town and five on the Czech side. and Infant Jesus). Then we follow dominated by the Dom St. Marien Meißen (“Otto the Rich”), Saxony. The late medieval town silver mine “Reiche Zeche”. but also organists from around progress: an ever increasing of Freiberg. We look forward to your visit! Enge Gasse, at the end of which we (Cathedral of St. Mary), famous for LIVING TRADITION who allowed anyone to freely houses in the old town, with At terra mineralia – one of the the world to Freiberg’s St. Mary's number of students, about can already spot the towers of the its Romanesque Golden Gate, tulip prospect for the precious ore their ornate portals, still bear largest and most beautiful Cathedral, St. Peter’s Church and 5,200 today, try to emulate St. Nicholas Church. pulpit, and Silbermann organs, – of course for a “small” share witness to this wealth. mineral exhibitions in the St. James’s Church. Do your ears Alexander von Humboldt, among other things. The High 15 St. Nicholas Church Gothic building of the former
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