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Freiburg im Breisgau
Western Europe
Freiburg im Breisgau is the fourth largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, in the southwestern corner of the country near the edge of the Black Forest. Founded in 1120 by the House of Zähringen, it grew into a prosperous medieval trading town and later into a noted university city, home since 1457 to Albert Ludwig University, one of the oldest universities in Germany. With about 237,500 residents, Freiburg is known for its Gothic Freiburg Minster, its network of small open water channels called Bachle, and its reputation as a center of environmental and sustainable urban planning.
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The University of Freiburg (colloquially German: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (German: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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is a valley east of the south German city of Freiburg.
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population 238,299 (2025)
2. Freiburg im Breisgau (Wikipedia)
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Freiburg im Breisgau, usually shortened to Freiburg, is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe.
History
Freiburg was founded by Konrad and Duke Berthold III of the House of Zähringen in 1120 as a free market town; hence its name, which translates to "free (or independent) town".
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the Black Forest, on the Dreisam River, a tributary of the Elz. It is Germany
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