Freiburg im Breisgau
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 Freiburg im Breisgau
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| Coordinates | 47°59′0″N 07°51′0″E / 47.983333°N 7.85°E |
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| Country | Germany |
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| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Freiburg |
| District | Urban district |
| City subdivisions | 41 districts |
| Lord Mayor | Dieter Salomon (Greens) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 153.07 km2 (59.10 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 278 m (912 ft) |
| Population | 217,547 (31 December 2006)[1] |
| - Density | 1,421 /km2 (3,681 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | FR |
| Postal codes | 79098 - 79117 |
| Area codes | 0761, 07664, 07665 |
| Website | www.freiburg.de |
Freiburg is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its full name is Freiburg im Breisgau.
Freiburg is on the western edge of the southern Black Forest (German: Schwarzwald).
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Twin cities [change]
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 [change]
- 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.
- Gerdvic von Holtzapple, Last commander of the 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg during World War II
- 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 [change]
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The Freiburger Münster
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Freiburg seen from the Schlossberg
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Landscape seen from the Schlossberg
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The Martinstor
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The Schwabentor
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The Historic Marketplace (Historisches Kaufhaus) at the Münsterplatz
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Look-Out at the Schlossberg
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Freiburg's town-hall
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Freiburg's Main Station
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The Konzerthaus (concert hall)
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Stadttheater
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Freiburg with the city centre 'Bächle'
Other websites [change]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Freiburg im Breisgau |
- Official website
- Freiburg:History and images (German)
- City of Freiburg and the Black Forest
- Augustinermuseum
- VAG Freiburg Freiburg Public Transit Authority
- Freiburg-Home.com - Information & Reviews about Freiburg in English for expats, tourists and the community
- Solar City - Germany 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
References [change]
- ↑ Statistiches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. "Population data". http://www.statistik.baden-wuerttemberg.de/.
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