Freiberg - Saxony's silver city
The more than 800-year-old mountain city became rich with silver ore mining.
Over 550 listed buildings and objects in the late medieval city core give impressing evidence of this fact.
Freiberg Cathedral
The Cathedral of St. Marien with its "Goldenen Pforte", first arched porch with figurative illustrations in German-speaking countries, is among the most beautiful sights in Freiberg. Inside, it holds the "Triumphkreuzgruppe" (triumphant cross group), the "Bergmannskanzel" (miner's pulpit) and the much-praised "Tulpenkanzel" (tulip pulpit). The cathedral accommodates the oldest pipe organs by Gottfried Silbermann.
Freudenstein Castle
The redeveloped Freudenstein Castle in the centre of Freiberg is a real highlight. The castle contains a big part of the "Terra Mineralia", with 80000 exhibits the world's biggest private collection of minerals. Thus, 5000 of the most beautiful minerals, gemstones and meteorites from five continents are trying to out-shine each other within the premises.
Training Mine "Reiche Zeche"
Who wants to go 150 metres underground and follow in the tracks of silver mining, finds Saxony's most significant show mine „Reiche Zeche" in Freiberg. The worlds only training mine is run by the oldest mountainistic college in the world, the Freiberg mining academy. There is an educational trail for wheelchair users and children.
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Tip: "Terra Mineralia"
In the collection of minerals you learn how minerals mould and change our everyday life as well as technology and culture. Follow the tracks of the stones and discover the richly coloured showpieces of the earth in a completely different light in Freudenstein Castle.
Tourist-Information Freiberg
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