Freiberg, in the centre of the Saxon mining district, 20 m. SW. of Dresden; is an old town, which arose upon the discovery of its silver mines in 1163. It has a fine old cathedral, and a famous school of mines; and the manufactures comprise gold and silver work, wire, chemicals, etc.
Population (circa 1900) given as 29,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Freeport, Sir Andrew * Freiburg