Facts in brief:
Located on Freiberger Mulde river at foot of Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains); was founded by free miners in 12th cen. & fast became an influential silver-mining center; home of the mining code "Freiberger Stadtrecht" (1296); noted for medieval buildings.
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