Map of Freiburg, Germany

Freiburg is a city in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, with a population of about 237,460. It lies at 47.9959°N, 7.8522°E, about 278 m above sea level. Freiburg is about 640 km (397 mi) southwest of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Colmar, 38 km to the west.

Freiburg at a glance

Where is Freiburg?

• The 34th largest city in Germany by recorded population.
• The 4th largest city in Baden-Wurttemberg on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 22 min on the shortest day to 16 h 03 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Freiburg

• Colmar — 38 km west, France
• Lahr — 38 km north
• Lörrach — 45 km south
• Mulhouse — 48 km southwest, France
• Villingen-Schwenningen — 48 km east
• Rheinfelden — 49 km south
• Basel — 53 km southwest, Switzerland
• Offenburg — 54 km north
• Kehl — 64 km north
• Strasbourg — 66 km north, France

Largest cities in Baden-Wurttemberg

• Stuttgart — 612,663
• Mannheim — 307,960
• Karlsruhe — 283,799
• Heidelberg — 143,345
• Heilbronn — 120,733
• Ulm — 120,451
• Pforzheim — 119,313
• Reutlingen — 112,627
• Esslingen — 92,390
• Tübingen — 92,322

Largest cities in Germany

• Berlin — 3,426,354
• Hamburg — 1,973,896
• Munich — 1,505,005
• Cologne — 1,024,621
• Frankfurt am Main — 650,000
• Düsseldorf — 618,685
• Stuttgart — 612,663
• Essen — 593,085
• Dortmund — 588,462
• Dresden — 564,904

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.