Freiberg

"Freiberg es una ciudad en Sajonia, Alemania, capital del distrito de Freiberg. Población 40.268 habitantes (2013). La ciudad fue fundada en 1186 y ha sido un centro de la industria de explotación minera durante siglos. Un símbolo de esta historia es la Universidad de Freiberg, especializada en minería, creada en 1765. Se trata de la universidad de metalurgia y minas más antigua del mundo."

"Freiberg (German for "free for mining activities") is a university and mining town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is a so-called Große Kreisstadt (large county town) and the administrative centre of Mittelsachsen district. Its historic town centre has been placed under heritage conservation and is a chosen site for the proposed UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Ore Mountain Mining Region. Until 1969, the town was dominated for around 800 years by the mining and smelting industries. In recent decades it has restructured into a high technology site in the fields of semiconductor manufacture and solar technology, part of Silicon Saxony."