FRIEDBERG, the name of two towns in Germany.
I. A small town in Upper Bavaria, with an old castle, known mainly as the scene of Moreau's victory over the Austrians in 1796. Pop.
4,692.
in the Land of Hesse, on the Usa, 14 m. N. of Frankfort-on-Main by rail. Pop.
11,121. Friedberg is of Roman origin, but is first mentioned as a town in the 11th century. In 1211 it became a free imperial city, in 1349 was pledged to the counts of Schwarzburg, and sub sequently often changed hands, eventually in 1802 passing to Hesse-Darmstadt. It is still surrounded by old walls and towers, and contains many mediaeval buildings, of which the Gothic town church and the old castle are noteworthy. It has manufactures of sugar, leather and photographic paper.
