#Freiburg im Breisgau

[hansdurrer]

Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, 13 December 2024

[nobeerreviews]

A solitary being is by instinct a wanderer.

-- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

(Freiburg, Germany)

[zmijowka]

The new Ludwigskirche in Freiburg im Breisgau, standing right next to the old cemetery. Built in the 50s by Horst Linde. It’s a home to stained glass works of Harry MacLean. Mathis Orgelbau is behind the 1995 organs.

I really enjoyed the look of the unplastered red bricks in the inside walls and the combination of wood and concrete. Would spend more time there but got chased off by the awkwardness of encountering another human being.

[fredomotophoto]

View from the Schauinslandbahn

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Schauinslandbahn

(FR) La Schauinslandbahn est un téléphérique débrayable situé en Forêt-Noire, près de Fribourg-en-Brisgau dans le Bade-Wurtemberg, en Allemagne. Inauguré en 1930, il s’agit de la plus vieille remontée mécanique de type débrayable au monde.

Voici quelques informations clés sur la Schauinslandbahn :

Départ et arrivée : Horben (473 m) et Schauinsland (1 220 m) Dénivelé : 747 m Longueur : 3 565 m Temps de trajet : 15 minutes Vitesse : 4 m/s Type : Téléphérique débrayable Capacité : 700 personnes par heure Cabines : 7 personnes par cabine Exploitant : Freiburger Verkehrs AG Constructeur : Heckel La Schauinslandbahn permet de rejoindre le sommet du Schauinsland, un site populaire pour les randonneurs, les cyclistes et les skieurs. Le téléphérique offre un panorama splendide sur la vallée du Rhin, les vignobles du Tuniberg et du Kaiserstuhl, ainsi que la Forêt Noire et les Alpes.

La station du téléphérique est accessible en fauteuil roulant, avec un chemin circulaire sans escaliers goudronné. Cependant, il y a des montées importantes à certains endroits.

(EN) Schauinslandbahn

The Schauinslandbahn is a detachable cable car located in the Black Forest, near Freiburg im Breisgau in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Opened in 1930, it is the oldest detachable ski lift in the world.

Here are some key facts about the Schauinslandbahn:

Start and finish: Horben (473 m) and Schauinsland (1,220 m) Difference in altitude: 747 m Length: 3,565 m Travel time: 15 minutes Speed: 4 m/s Type: Detachable cable car Capacity: 700 people per hour Cabins: 7 people per cabin Operator: Freiburger Verkehrs AG Manufacturer: Heckel The Schauinslandbahn takes you to the summit of the Schauinsland, a popular destination for hikers, cyclists and skiers. The cable car offers a magnificent panorama of the Rhine Valley, the Tuniberg and Kaiserstuhl vineyards, as well as the Black Forest and the Alps.

The cable car station is wheelchair accessible, with a circular path without steps and paved. However, there are significant climbs in some places.

[grandboute]

Musée des Augustins

[merpmonde]

Freiburg's Schwabentor

The Germany city of Freiburg im Breisgau, on the transition between the Rhine valley plains and the hills of the Black Forest, was part of the Duchy of Swabia until it dissolved in the 13th century due to the ducal line going extinct. It was around this time that its "Swabian Gate" was built at the Eastern edge of the town, facing the Swabian heartland.

Like Schaffhausen's Schwabentor, it has undergone upgrades and downgrades, taken damage and been restored over time. The current illustrations on the tower include St George slaying the dragon (1903) on the outside, and a merchant with a cart (first painted in 1572) on the inside, just visible in the picture below.

Freiburg's Altstadt has many gorgeous, colourful houses decorated with trompe-l'oeil facades. An effort has also been made to preserve the little rivers in the streets, known as Bächle. Local superstition says that anyone who accidentally steps in a Bächle will marry a local - unusual to see a place that values clumsiness!

[mikimeiko]

Day 19 - Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

I could've done without a heatwave in my last days of travel. It's the second night in a row that I sleep like shit because of the heat in these places that are not really prepared to handle it.

I walk around parts of the old town that I didn't see yesterday, and parts I did see but look so different with more people around and more shops open.

There are stalls selling small wooden boats with strings that kids can carry in the tiny canals, and I actually see a couple of kids using them <3

I go to the bigger city park, find a bench shaded by the trees and enjoy a light breeze that comes and goes.

I was thinking of going up the castle hill with the funicular that starts in this park, but it's a really short funicular (doesn't get you very high) and is a little expensive for what it is, so in the end I decide against it.

I keep waking around old town alternating sightseeing and entering big shops to find reprieve from the heat XD

There's a path along the river, but when I get there I see that it is mostly for bikes, and more of a "walk along" than a "stay a little while" path (like, no benches or larger areas, at least in the portion I see).

There's also a spot in the river with large rocks where many people are bathing and/or sunbathing.

There's also a canal, and along its course a pleasant area of bars, cafés and pubs - but the only seating left is in the sun, so I keep walking.

The university is quite beautiful, made from the same dark pink stone used for the cathedral (I suppose it's some kind of local stone? Usually when many buildings are made from the same material that's the case, though you never know. In any case is a wonderful shade of pink).

Around sunset the tempersture and the humidity decrease slightly, and it's actually pleasant eating a (cold) dinner on a bench in the park.

[wgm-beautiful-world]

FREIBURG

[cherusque]

Bächle, Freiburg im Breisgau 🇩🇪 (Source 📷 ?)

[cutelikeafrog]

Cobblestone mosaic in Freiburg's Altstadt

Love will win, but take no shit in the meantime. We haven't survived this long to entertain fascists. 🌈💜

[sonicandvisualsurprises]

A capture of quiet beauty—bare branches framing a towering spire, merging nature with architecture.

Freiburg im Breisgau, Deutschland, 12 Dezember 2024

[nobeerreviews]

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

-- Carl Sandburg

(Freiburg, Germany)

[sinfried]

Die Heli- Luft- Therapie, Freiburg (DE)

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www.sonnenkaufhaus.de

[thepaperboatblog]

Tappa fondamentale del nostro tour di Friburgo è stata la visita al birrificio Ganter

Tra birre a fiumi, assaggi insoliti e il profumo del luppolo, abbiamo scoperto un sacco di cose anche sulla storia della città.

D'altronde da Guntherstube ci avevano dato i compiti per queste vacanze e noi giustamente ci siamo prestati.