Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the Breisgau region, on the western edge of the southern Black Forest (in German language:
Schwarzwald) with about 200,000 inhabitants. It is situated at 47°59'43" north, 7°51'11" east.
Popular opinion has it that Freiburg is the warmest, sunniest city in Germany. It straddles the Dreisam river, on the foothills of the Schlossberg. The city is surrounded by the Black Forest mountains Rosskopf and Bromberg in the east, and in the south and west by the Schönberg, Tuniberg and the Kaiserstuhl.
southern Black Forest
and a centre of winegrowing and the arts. This and the cheery Alemannic character of the locals are a lively mixture, giving the city a very attractive atmosphere.
streams
still run through the streets of the Old Town, whose pavements are decorated with pretty mosaics made of Rhine pebbles.
The wild, romantic Höllen Valley begins just outside the city and delivers it's wind into the city every summer night around 21:15, simply the best way to cool down after baking in the summer sun!
