Zähringen is the northernmost suburb of Freiburg im Breisgau in

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History

On September 30, 1008 Henry II issued a deed of donation with which he ceded his exclusive hunting rights (hunting privilege) in the

Breisgau The Breisgau () is an area in southwest Germany between the Rhine River and the foothills of the Black Forest. Part of the state of Baden-Württemberg, it centers on the city of Freiburg im Breisgau. The district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, ...

forests to the

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. Although the village must already have existed for quite some time, this is the first official document in which it is mentioned. On January 1, 1906 Zähringen was incorporated into Freiburg.

Reutebach

Reutebach is one of the names of the stream running through Zähringen. The word beginning ''Reute'' refers to cleared or deforested land and the ending ''Bach'' means ''stream''. Other names of this stream are Altbach (old stream) and Dorfbach (village stream). Reutebach was also the name of a former village which seems to have been larger than Zähringen, as its church was the parish church for the villages

Gundelfingen Gundelfingen im Breisgau ( Low Alemannic: ''Gundelfinge im Brisgau'') is a municipality directly north of the city Freiburg in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Gundelfingen is one of the larger municipalities in the Breisgau-Hochschwarz ...

Heuweiler Heuweiler is a village in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in the southwest of Baden-Württemberg near Freiburg in southern Germany. The village has to a large extent retained its rural character. Whereas many communities in the vicinity ...

, Wildtal and Zähringen.Zähringen
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/ref> Most of its former territory now belongs to Zähringen. Only the Reutebach farms (Reutebacher Höfe) belong to Gundelfingen.

Zähringen castle

Zähringen castle Zähringen may refer to: * Zähringen, a suburb of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany * Zähringen castle * House of Zähringen The House of Zähringen (german: Zähringer) was a dynasty of Swabian nobility. The family's name derived from Zähring ...

, the ancestral seat of the Zähringer, is located above Zähringen, within the boundary of Gundelfingen.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zahringen (Freiburg) Quarters of Freiburg im Breisgau