Birkigt (Freital)
Birkigt is a district in Freital, a town in Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Formerly an independent municipality, it was absorbed by Freital in 1923.
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Birkigt (shown in yellow)
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Freital-Birkigt train station
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A memorial to the victims of the U.S. air raid
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History
The district was first mentioned in 1326. On August 24, 1944, the district was badly damaged during a U.S. air raid.
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Denkmal_Blumenstrasse_Birkigt.jpg/220px-Denkmal_Blumenstrasse_Birkigt.jpg)
References
51°00′40″N 13°40′50″E / 51.01111°N 13.68056°E