Freiberg

city of

Germany

Gödel, Escher, Bach

Introduction: A Musico-Logical Offering

history

The town was founded around 1168, after a silver discovery led to the first Berggeschrey, and has been a centre of the mining industry in the Ore Mountains for centuries.

notable people

Gottfried Silbermann

opened workshop

Gottfried Silbermann

OpenStreetMap

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/416561

organs

Freiberg also has a notable cathedral containing two famous Gottfried Silbermann organs. There are two other organs made by Gottfried Silbermann in the town – one at the St. Peter’s Church (Petrikirche) and the other one at the St. James’ Church (Jakobikirche).

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tagged

[Gottfried Silbermann] returned to Saxony as a master craftsman in 1710, and opened his own organ workshop in Freiberg one year later.

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Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14819

Wikipedia

Freiberg (Wikipedia) Freiberg is a university and former mining town in Saxony, Germany. It is a Große Kreisstadt (large county town) and the administrative centre of Mittelsachsen district.