Country Germany Adm. region Chemnitz Time zone CET (UTC+1) Capital Freiberg Administrative region Chemnitz | State Saxony Disbanded 2008-08-01 Vehicle registration FG Population 151,600 (2001) Date dissolved August 1, 2008 | |
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Freiberg is a former district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It was bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the district of Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis, the city of Chemnitz, the districts of Mittweida, Meißen and Weißeritzkreis, and by the Czech Republic.
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History
The district was established in 1994 by merging the former districts of Freiberg, Brand-Erbisdorf and Flöha. In August 2008, as a part of the district reform in Saxony, the districts of Döbeln, Freiberg and Mittweida were merged into the new district Mittelsachsen.
Geography
The district was located on the northern slopes of the Ore Mountains. The largest river of the region is the Freiberger Mulde, which rises on Czech territory and from there runs northwards.
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