Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Freiberg, Germany

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Number of sights 7 sights
Distance 2.8 km
Ascend 43 m
Descend 58 m

Explore Freiberg in Germany with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Freiberg

Sight 1: Freiberg Germany Temple

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Freiberg Germany Temple

The Freiberg Germany Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located in Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. The church announced the temple in October 1982, ground was broken for construction on April 23, 1983, and the temple was dedicated on June 29 and June 30, 1985.

Wikipedia: Freiberg Germany Temple (EN)

1596 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 2: Schloss Freudenstein

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Freudenstein Castle is located on the Schloßplatz on the edge of the town centre of Freiberg in the German state of Saxony. Its history is closely linked to the House of Wettin. After several conversions the castle is now a stately home with four wings comprising these buildings: the Langes Haus, Neues Haus, Kirchenflügel, Großer Turm und Schmales Haus.

Wikipedia: Freudenstein Castle (EN), Website

359 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Freiberg Cathedral

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The Freiberg Cathedral or Cathedral of St Mary is a church of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony in Freiberg in Saxony. The term Dom, a German synecdoche used for collegiate churches and cathedrals alike, is often uniformly translated as cathedral into English, even though this church here was a collegiate church, not a cathedral.

Wikipedia: Freiberg Cathedral (EN), Website

254 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Mittelsächsisches Theater

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Mittelsächsisches Theater Photo: Andreas Praefcke / CC BY 3.0

The Mittelsächsisches Theater was founded in 1993 as Mittelsächsische Theater und Philharmonie gGmbH from the merger of the Stadttheaters Freiberg and Döbeln. It encompasses drama, musical theatre and philharmonic orchestra.

Wikipedia: Mittelsächsisches Theater Freiberg und Döbeln (DE), Website

53 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Nikolaikirche

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St. Nicholas' Church is the second oldest church building in Freiberg. Since its deconsecration in 1975, it has been the property of the city.

Wikipedia: Nikolaikirche (Freiberg) (DE)

256 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Klatschweiberbrunnen

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The Freiberg tram was a metre-gauge tram in the town of Freiberg in Saxony, Germany.

Wikipedia: Straßenbahn Freiberg (DE)

287 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Petrikirche

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The town church of St. Petri in Freiberg is located on the highest point of Freiberg's city centre on Petriplatz, just west of the Obermarkt. It is used by the parish of Petri-Johannis.

Wikipedia: Stadtkirche St. Petri (Freiberg) (DE), Website

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