Freiberg

Freiberg has served as a silver-mining centre in Saxony since the late 12th century. Set on the northern slopes of the Ore Mountains, it grew after silver was discovered nearby in 1168 and became one of central Europe’s important mining towns. Its compact historic centre is marked by the late-Gothic Freiberg Cathedral, whose Romanesque Golden Gate is among the city’s best-known medieval works. Mining remains central to Freiberg’s identity through the TU Bergakademie Freiberg, founded in 1765 and regarded as one of the world’s oldest mining academies. Move on to other webcams in Saxony to compare landscapes and settings around the Ore Mountains.

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