Freiburg im Breisgau
large city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Freiburg (Alemannic German: Friburg im Brisgau) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its full name is Freiburg im Breisgau.
Freiburg im Breisgau | |
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Coordinates: 47°59′N 7°51′E / 47.983°N 7.850°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Admin. region | Freiburg |
District | Stadtkreis |
Subdivisions | 41 districts |
Government | |
• Lord mayor | Martin Horn (Ind.) |
Area | |
• Total | 153.07 km2 (59.10 sq mi) |
Elevation | 278 m (912 ft) |
Population (2021-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 231,848 |
• Density | 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 79098–79117 |
Dialling codes | 0761, 07664, 07665 |
Vehicle registration | FR |
Website | www |
Freiburg is on the western edge of the southern Black Forest (German: Schwarzwald).
Twin cities
Freiburg has many twin cities throughout the world:
- France, Besançon,since 1959
- Austria, Innsbruck, since 1963
- Italy, Padua, since 1967
- United Kingdom, Guildford, since 1979
- United States, Madison, Wisconsin, since 1987
- Japan, Matsuyama, since 1988
- Ukraine, Lviv, since 1989
- Spain, Granada, since 1991
- Iran, Isfahan, since 2000
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial comments, which included questioning the size of the Holocaust, have sparked questions about Freiburg's partnership with Isfahan. After the comments Freiburg's mayor postponed a trip to Isfahan, but most people involved, especially those in the Alliance '90/The Greens party, were opposed to cancelling the partnership.[3]
Famous residents
- Friedrich von Hayek, economist
- Hans F. K. Günther, Nazi eugenicist
- Dany Heatley, player for the Ottawa Senators NHL team
- Martin Heidegger, philosopher (originally not from Freiburg, taught in Freiburg)
- Edmund Husserl, philosopher
- Boris Kodjoe, model and actor
- Benjamin Lebert, author and newspaper columnist
- Joachim Löw, coach of the German national football team.
- Karl Rahner, Catholic theologian
- Wolfgang Schäuble, Minister of the Interior, 1989 - 1991, in Helmut Kohl and, 2005 - current, Angela Merkel governments.
- Jürgen Schrempp, former head of DaimlerChrysler
- Berthold Schwarz, fabled alchemist who supposedly introduced gunpowder to Germany
- Til Schweiger, actor and director
- Hermann Staudinger, Nobel Prize in chemistry "for his discoveries in the field of macromolecular chemistry"
- Edith Stein, Saint of the Roman Catholic Church, martyred by the Nazis, member of the Freiburg faculty; her residence is marked by a plaque.
- Martin Waldseemüller, the inventor of the name America
- August Weismann, biologist
- Bernhard Witkop, organic chemist
Gallery
- The Freiburger Münster
- Freiburg seen from the Schlossberg
- Landscape seen from the Schlossberg
- The Martinstor
- The Schwabentor
- The Historic Marketplace (Historisches Kaufhaus) at the Münsterplatz
- Look-Out at the Schlossberg
- Freiburg's town-hall
- Freiburg's Main Station
- The Konzerthaus (concert hall)
- Stadttheater
- Freiburg with the city centre 'Bächle'
References
Other websites
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Freiburg im Breisgau.
- Official website
- Freiburg:History and images Archived 2008-12-30 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
- City of Freiburg and the Black Forest
- Augustinermuseum Archived 2005-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
- VAG Freiburg Freiburg Public Transit Authority
- Freiburg-Home.com - Information & Reviews about Freiburg in English for expats, tourists and the community Archived 2013-08-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Solar City - Germany Archived 2007-10-14 at the Wayback Machine August 2000
- Webcams in Freiburg and the Black Forest
- Tramway in Freiburg
- fudder - a popular online-mag for young people (Winner of Grimme Online Award 2007)
- Freiburg's History for Pedestrians
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