The towns of LOCATION@1 and PERSON@1 -LRB- merged in NUMBER@1 to form Annaberg-Buchholz -RRB- were founded by the turn of the 16th century due to the discovery of silver and tin deposits .

The capital city was formed in NUMBER@1 when the towns of LOCATION@1 and PERSON@1 were joined to form PERSON@2 .
