| Official Name: | Friedensville, Pennsylvania |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania |
| Pushpin Label: | Friedensville |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lehigh |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Upper Saucon Township |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 420 |
| Coordinates: | 40.5592°N -75.3947°W |
| Population Metro: | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 18017 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 1175250 |
Friedensville is an unincorporated community which is located in Upper Saucon Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Lehigh Valley, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
The community's name is derived from the German: Friedenskirche, "Church of peace".[1] Zinc mining was once a key industry in the area.
Friedensville Zinc Mines, founded in 1845, were an important operation in Friedensville.[2] Jacob Ueberroth (1786–1862), a local farmer, first discovered the zinc mineral, around 1830.[3]
In 1881, Franklin Osgood purchased the Lehigh Zinc Company’s mines and formed the Friedensville Zinc Company. He built a zinc oxide plant and zinc smelter in Friedensville.[4] [5] [6]