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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 View over Freiburg | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Freiburg im Breisgau  | |
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| Coordinates: 47°59′N 7°51′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 (2022-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 236,140 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (4,000/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.[2]
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
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