Freital

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Freital

Location of Freital within Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district

Coordinates: 51°1′0″N 13°39′0″E / 51.01667°N 13.65000°ECoordinates: 51°1′0″N 13°39′0″E / 51.01667°N 13.65000°E

Country

Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge

Government

• Mayor

Klaus Mättig (CDU)

Area

• Total

40.53 km² (15.65 sq mi)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

39,734

• Density

980/km² (2,500/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

01705

0351

PIR, DW, FTL, SEB

Website

www.freital.de

Freital is a town in the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on a small river, the Weißeritz, and is 8 kilometres southwest of Dresden.

Freital is located southwest of Dresden in the Döhlen Basin, through which the Weißeritz flows from south-west to north-east. The Windberg hill, is the town's local mountain and well-known landmark, rising about 100 metres above the valley floor. The lowest part of the town is the point where the Weißeritz enters the territory of the city of Dresden (about 195 metres above sea level).

The two rivers, the Red Weißeritz and Wild Weißeritz, merge in Hainsberg, a district of Freital. Other tributaries of the combined Weißeritz in the Freital area are the Wiederitz, Poisenbach and smaller, mainly canalized streams like the Vorholzbach, Burgker Bach, the Birkigter Bach, the Somsdorfer Bach and the Weißiger Bach. There are no natural lakes; the tailing pond near the slag heap and the Zauckerode retention basin were both constructed in the 20th century.

Geologically, the Döhlen Basin is a Rotliegendes depression that was formed at the end of the Carboniferous period. It is located between the Elbe Valley zone and the Ore Mountain gneiss massif.

In the northeast Freital borders on the state capital of Dresden. Neighbouring municipalities in Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge are from the east and clockwise: Bannewitz, Rabenau, Höckendorf, Tharandt and Wilsdruff.

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