Freiburg, in Breisgau, an important town in Baden, at the W. side of the Black Forest, and 32 m. NE. of Basel; has a Gothic cathedral famous for its architectural beauty, a university with 87 professors and teachers and 884 students; has important manufactures in silk, cotton, thread, paper, etc.; is the seat of a Catholic archbishop, and is associated with many stirring events in German history.
Population (circa 1900) given as 49,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Freiburg * Freiligrath, Ferdinand