Old City of Freiburg

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Altstadt
Stadtteil of Freiburg im Breisgau
Location of Altstadt within Freiburg im Breisgau
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Coordinates: 47°59′41″N 7°51′0″E / 47.99472°N 7.85000°E / 47.99472; 7.85000
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
City	Freiburg im Breisgau
Subdivisions	2 districts: 111 Altstadt-Mitte 112 Altstadt-Ring
Area
• Total	1.19 km2 (0.46 sq mi)
Elevation	282 m (925 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	7,571
• Density	6,400/km2 (16,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	79098
Dialling codes	0761

The Old City of Freiburg is part of the city and business centres of Freiburg im Breisgau and is the core of the original city. It is divided into the two districts 111 Altstadt-Mitte and 112 Altstadt-Ring. The Altstadt-Mitte district was the city's build-up area at the time of its foundation and therefore formed the old city. The district Altstadt-Ring is connected westwards to the railway line and south to the Dreisam.

At the end of 2020, about 7,500 people were reported as inhabitants of this district.

The district of Altstadt-Mitte was designed according to the pattern of all cities founded by the Zähringers. A street cross divides the city into four quarters, the church and the city hall are not located in the same district. The city centre is the Bertoldsbrunnen, where the Kaiser-Joseph-Straße and Salz- and Bertoldstraße intersect. The city administration is located in the Old and New city hall. In the late 1990s, however, the head of the administrative region of Freiburg moved its headquarters from the Old City into a new building in the district of Betzenhausen, but the seat of the government president remained in the Basler Hof in the Old City.

Neighbouring districts include Stühlinger to the west, Neuburg to the north, Oberau to the east and beyond the Dreisam the Wiehre to the south.