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 Zähringen Castle near Freiburg im Breisgau. The Zähringer in the 12th century used the title of Duke of Zähringen, in compensation ...

Zähringen (Freiburg)
Zähringen is the northernmost suburb of Freiburg im Breisgau in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its population is 9,196 (2020). 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 forests to the bishop of Basel. 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, Heuweiler, Wildtal and Zähringen.ZähringenHistory/ref> ...
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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 Zähringen Castle near Freiburg im Breisgau. The Zähringer in the 12th century used the title of Duke of Zähringen, in compensation ...