Freiburg is one of the four

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e of

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, located in the south-west of the country. It covers the

Black Forest The Black Forest (german: Schwarzwald ) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is t ...

(''Schwarzwald'') hills as well as the

Rhine ), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland , source1_coordinates= , source1_elevation = , source2 = Rein Posteriur/Hinterrhein , source2_location = Paradies Glacier, Graubünden, Switzerland , source2_coordinates= , so ...

valley. It is sub-divided into the three regions (''Regionalverband'') Hochrhein-Bodensee, Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg and Südlicher Oberrhein.

Economy

The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the region was 86.9 billion € in 2018, accounting for 2.6% of German economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was €35,300 or 117% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 97% of the EU average.

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* {{Authority control Geography of Baden-Württemberg Government regions of Germany NUTS 2 statistical regions of Germany