Central Europe
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Baden-Württemberg

Breisgau

The Breisgau is an area in southwest extending along the Rhine River and enveloping portions of the . Part of the state of , it centers on the city of .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Remigius and Wasenweiler railway stop.

Church
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is a church.

Railway stop
Photo: Sneeuwvlakte, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Protected area
Photo: Joergens.mi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a protected area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Merdingen and Wasenweiler.

Village
Photo: Mattis, Public domain.
is a municipality in the district of in in . 's main industry are vineyards. Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich, a notable resident for much of his early cycling career, has returned to the area in retirement—in part because it's one of the sunniest places in Germany.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a quarter with its own administration in the city of . It is located about 15 km west of Freiburg at the foot of the , next to the autonomous municipalities of , , , and in the administrative district of .

Breisgau

Latitude
48.03149° or 48° 1′ 53″ north
Longitude
7.68857° or 7° 41′ 19″ east
Elevation
246 metres (807 feet)
Open location code
8FW92MJQ+HC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9713781369
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Geo­Names ID
2944797
Wiki­data ID
Q690971
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Breisgau” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Breisgau”
  • Aragonese: “Breisgau”
  • Arpitan: “Breisgau”
  • Asturian: “Breisgau”
  • Basque: “Breisgau”
  • Bavarian: “Breisgau”
  • Belarusian: “Брайсгау”
  • Breton: “Breisgau”
  • Bulgarian: “Брайзгау”
  • Catalan: “Breisgau”
  • Catalan: “Brisgau”
  • Catalan: “Brisgòvia”
  • Chinese: “布賴斯高”
  • Corsican: “Breisgau”
  • Croatian: “Breisgau”
  • Czech: “Breisgau”
  • Czech: “Breisgavsko”
  • Danish: “Breisgau”
  • Dutch: “Breisgau”
  • Esperanto: “Breisgau”
  • Esperanto: “Brisgovio”
  • Estonian: “Breisgau”
  • Finnish: “Breisgau”
  • French: “Breisgau”
  • French: “Brisgau”
  • Friulian: “Breisgau”
  • Galician: “Breisgau”
  • German: “Breisgau”
  • German: “Brsg”
  • German: “Neomagia”
  • German: “Provincia Neomagensis”
  • Greek: “Μπράισγκαου”
  • Hebrew: “בריסגאו”
  • Hungarian: “Breisgau”
  • Icelandic: “Breisgau”
  • Ido: “Breisgau”
  • Indonesian: “Breisgau”
  • Interlingua: “Breisgau”
  • Interlingue: “Breisgau”
  • Irish: “Breisgau”
  • Italian: “Breisgau”
  • Italian: “Bresgovia”
  • Italian: “Brisgovia”
  • Japanese: “ブライスガウ”
  • Kongo: “Breisgau”
  • Korean: “브라이스가우”
  • Latin: “Brisgovia”
  • Ligurian: “Breisgau”
  • Limburgan: “Breisgau”
  • Low German: “Breisgau”
  • Luxembourgish: “Breisgau”
  • Macedonian: “Брајсгау”
  • Malagasy: “Breisgau”
  • Malay: “Breisgau”
  • Minangkabau: “Breisgau”
  • Narom: “Breisgau”
  • Neapolitan: “Breisgau”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Breisgau”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Breisgau”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Breisgau”
  • Picard: “Breisgau”
  • Piemontese: “Breisgau”
  • Polish: “Breisgau”
  • Polish: “Bryzgowia”
  • Portuguese: “Breisgau”
  • Portuguese: “Brisgau”
  • Portuguese: “Brisgóvia”
  • Romanian: “Breisgau”
  • Romansh: “Breisgau”
  • Russian: “Брайсгау”
  • Russian: “Брейсгау”
  • Sardinian: “Breisgau”
  • Scots: “Breisgau”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Breisgau”
  • Serbian: “Breisgau”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Breisgau”
  • Sicilian: “Breisgau”
  • Slovak: “Breisgau”
  • Slovenian: “Breisgau”
  • Spanish: “Breisgau”
  • Spanish: “Brisgau”
  • Spanish: “Brisgovia”
  • Swahili: “Breisgau”
  • Swedish: “Breisgau”
  • Swiss German: “Briisgau”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Breisgau”
  • Ukrainian: “Брайсгау”
  • Venetian: “Breisgau”
  • Vietnamese: “Breisgau”
  • Vlaams: “Breisgau”
  • Volapük: “Breisgau”
  • Walloon: “Breisgau”
  • Welsh: “Breisgau”
  • Wolof: “Breisgau”
  • Zulu: “Breisgau”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Outdoor Performance Testfeld Merdingen and Römerbad.

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