Student Accommodation in Freiburg : About Freiburg
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About Freiburg
Freiburg’s range of courses, qualifications and study modes offer many opportunities for students. Whether students are seeking to develop or enhance their career prospects, update their professional skills or study solely for personal satisfaction.
If you are thinking about studying, working or living in Freiburg, you will probably have a lot of questions to ask. Therefore this website is developed to answer your questions and divided into several sections which are important to know for students from abroad.
Freiburg is a relatively small city with approximately 46.000 inhabitants. It is a city in Saxony, founded in 1186 as the centre of the mining industry in the Ore mountains. It has been that way for centuries. All through the city you’ll find monuments of medieval mining and metallurgy.
There’s also the mining museum, the mineralogical collection of the mining academy or the mine "Alte Elizabeth" to visit. A symbol of the history of mining is the Freiburg University of Mining and technology, established in 1765. This university is the oldest university in the world. Another remarkable feature is the Freiberg cathedral containing Gottfried Silbermann organ.