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Denomination

Freiburg says Fribouâ in Freibourgese patois and Fribôrg in Francoprovençal standardized.

History

Based on a terrace overhanging the Sarine in 1157 by the duke Berthold IV of Zaehringen. On a journey in the area, to undoubtedly put order in its possessions and taking account of a “whole of considerations political, military, geographical and economic”, Berthold IV chooses a terrace overhanging Sarine, in order to establish there a “new” city which it strengthens: Freiburg (of “free” German frei and Burg “strengthened place”, name coming from the freedoms granted by the founder and to bring closer to that of Freiburg im Breisgau). As for the foundation of the city, it can be fixed, according to the Pierre historian of Zurich, at the year 1157. In 1481 Freiburg enters the Swiss Confédération.

An agglomeration of approximately 80 000 inhabitants, including/understanding the communes of Freiburg, Givisiez, Barns-Paccot, Villars-sur-Glâne, Marly, Corminbœuf, Belfaux, Avry, Matran, Guin (German Düdingen) and Tavel (German Tafers) is in the process of constitution.

Authorities

The city is directed by a Town council of five members full-time (nine before 2001) whose president or mayor carries the title of syndic. The lawful capacity is exerted by a General advice (legislative) of 80 members, whose president was the syndic until the beginning of 1982.

Syndics of the Town of Freiburg

Jean de Montenach (1798-1802)
Gaspard Lottas (1802-1803)
Philippe de Gottrau (March-April 1803)
Pierre-François Savary (April-June 1803)
Jean-Pierre Philippe de Raemy (1803-1808)
François-Pierre Savary (1809-1821) v
Albert Fégely (1821-1842)
Philippe d' Odet (1842-1847)
Pierre-Joseph Farvagnié (1848)
Jean-Théobald Hartmann (1848-1849)
Jean-Auguste Cuony (1849-1857)
Gaspard Lalive d' Epinay (1857-1858)
Louis de Chollet (1858-1886)
Paul Aeby (Preserving) (1886-1895) national
Louis Bourgknecht (1895-1903 was Conseiller)
Ernest de Weck (Idiots.) (1903-1919) was Conseiller in the States
Romain de Weck (Idiots.) (1919-1922)
Pierre Aeby (Idiots.) (1922-1938) (was president of the National council)
Ernest Lorson (Idiots.) (1938-1950)
Jean Bourgknecht (Idiots.) (1950-1959) was Conseiller national then Conseiller in the States and Federal adviser
max Aebischer (Idiots.) (1960-1966) was president of the National council and Conseiller of State
Lucien Nussbaumer (PLR) (1966-1982)
Claude Schorderet (PDC) (1982-1993) appointed president Banque Cantonal of Freiburg
Dominique de Buman (PDC) (1994-2004) national
Jean Bourgknecht (1962) is Conseiller (PDC) (2004-2006), grandson of Jean Bourgknecht which was syndic during the period (1950-1959)
Pierre-Alain Clément (PS) 2006 -

The other members of the Town council are for the administrative period 2006 - 2011: Jean Bourgknecht vice-syndic, Marie-Therese Maradan Ledergerber (PS), Charles de Reyff (PDC) and Madeleine Genoud-Page (Left Christian-social) (elected in 2006 in the place of Claude Masset, PLR, which loses its seat).

Presidents of the General advice (legislative) of the Town of Freiburg (Law of September 25th, 1980)

1982-1983 Roselyne Crausaz (PDC)
1983-1984 John Clerk (PS)
1984-1985 Denis Volery (PLR)
1985-1986 Michel Monney (GCV)

1986-1987 Emmanuel de Reyff (PDC)
1987-1988 Bernhard Flühmann (PS)
1988-1989 Bernard Garnier (PLR)
1989-1990 Joseph Jutzet (GCV)
1990-1991 Michel Passaplan (PDC)

1991-1992 Jean-Pierre Dorand (PDC)
1992-1993 Pierre-Alain Clément (PS)
1993-1994 Suzanne Schwegler (PLR)
1994-1995 Yvan Stern (GCV)
1995-1996 Andre Gachet (PDC)

1996-1997 Monika Thiébaud-Bachmann (PDC)
1997-1998 Irene Baeriswyl-To rust (PS)
1998-1999 François Merlin (PLR) (become PDC in 2001)
1999-2000 Andre Schönenweid (PDC)
2000-2001 Olivier Spang (GCV)

2001-2002 Nicolas Betticher (PDC)
2002-2003 Christine Müller (PS)
2003-2004 Jean-Pierre Largo (PLR)
2004-2005 Beatrice Ackermann-Clerk (PCSO)
2005-2006 Thierry Steiert (PS)

2006-2007 Laurent Praz (PDC)
2007-2008 Catherine Nusbaumer (PS)

Usually, the vice-president reaches the presidency the following year. If this tradition is respected, the current vice-president Jean-Jacques Marti (PLR) should reach the presidency in 2008-2009.

For the administrative period 2006-2011, the general advice is composed of 23 PDC (Christian-Democrats), 22 PS (socialist), 9 Greens, 9 PCSO (7 social Christian Party and 2 Opening), 9 UDC (democratic Union of the center, 8 PLR (liberal-radicals). The left has 40 seats thus and the line and the center also 40.

For the preceding administrative period 2001-2006, the general advice was composed of 28 PDC (Christian-Democrats), 23 PS (socialist), 11 PLR (liberal-radicals), 11 PCSO (8 social Christian Party and 3 Opening), 7 Greens (under the name of " List Citoyenne"). 1 PLR passed to the PDC carrying the manpower of this group to 29 and reducing that of the PLR to 10. The left thus has 41 seats against 39 with the right-hand side and the center. In 2006, the distribution is of 40 seats for the line and center (23 PDC, 8 PLR, 9 UDC) against 40 with the left (22 PS, 9 Greens, 7 Christian-social, 2 Movement opening).

Local democracy

Since 1980 exist the right of referendum and the right to take initiatives.

Referendums

The referendum was required against the restoration of the coffee of the Town square (pushed back) (1983), the carpark of the Borough (pushed back) (1983), a tax dustbin (refused twice in 1992 and 1994), a convention with the public Private school (pushed back) (2002) and the construction of the theater of the Town square (50,7% of yes on May 21st, 2006).

Initiatives

A socialist initiative for an active policy of housing was accepted by the general advice in 1990. An accepted initiative PDC-PLR made it possible to replace the Town council made up of 3 permanent and 6 nonpermanent by a Town council of 5 permanent members (1999).

Freiburg is twinned with Rueil-Malmaison since October 10th, 1992.

Curiosities

Freiburg knew to preserve a medieval unit single in Europe.

Of the churches, the monuments and the fountains dating from the XIIe until the 17th century.
the old city is made up of the districts of the Borough, the Trough and Neuveville. The new districts are in the high city (Pérolles, Beauregard-Beaumont, the Jura) like that of Schoenberg on Right Bank of the Sarine.
the Cathedral Saint Nicolas's Day, built between 1283 and 1490, with its frontal, high tower 76 meters is undoubtedly the most impressive monument of the city.
the fortifications of Freiburg form the most important whole of the military architecture medieval of Switzerland: 2 km of ramparts, 14 turns and large a Belluard.
Its convents

Museums

the museum of art and history
the museum of natural history
the Space Jean Tinguely - Niki de Saint Phalle
Fri-Art, Center of Contemporary art
the Swiss Museum of the puppet
the museum of the beer
the museum of the seam
the museum Gutenberg.

Activities

Freiburg is one of the high places of the Gastronomie and the Swiss soil. With a quality-price ratio without equivalent in the larger cities like Geneva or Lausanne. Freiburg even has approximately ten gourmet restaurants in the city. One finds some almost as much in the canton.

The city also has many very animated coffees, and many festivals attracting the visitors of all areas.

Freiburg has clubs of rock'n'roll and jazz, in particular Fri-son , the Spiral , the Nouveau World or the Cintra , where cotoient themselves international and local artists.

With two steps of the city, the amateurs of theater can regale themselves with the Théâtre of Osses of Givisiez directed by metteure in scene Gisele Sallin or with Villars-sur-Glâne with the Espace Nuithonie .

Demonstrations

the Race Morat-Freiburg, race on foot in October.
the International film festival of Freiburg , films of the south primarily.
the Festival of Belluard , festival of contemporary arts (art, music, theater, dance, performances).
the international folk Meetings .
the Festival of sacred music .
the Festival of the Lied .
the Carnival of Bolzes .
the Jazz festival of Freiburg, in July.
traditional the Festival Saint Nicolas's Day.

Formation

The high schools and the Université of Freiburg are bilingual and propose courses in German and/or French in all the levels of studies.

the University of Freiburg, founded in 1889, is famous in particular for the Droit and the Théologie. It accommodates approximately 10.000 students.
the College St-Michel (college), an establishment of the 16th century rested by St-Pierre Canisius.
Of other gymnasia, the College Holy-Cross, in the past college of girls) and the College of Gambach
the school of multi-media and art of Freiburg (EMAF), which besides has just moved in the old factory of pastes “the Drinking cup”.
the artisanal and industrial vocational school (EPAI) exemption courses of vocational training with nearly 3000 apprentices in dual formation. This school is bilingual and accommodates young people of all the canton.
the École of the trades of Freiburg (EMF) ensures the formation in the technical branches such as data processing, electronics, the automatic and the polymécanique one.
High Teaching School (old Teacher training school)
High specialized school of Western Switzerland (HES-SO) made up of:

School of engineers and architects of Freiburg
High school of management of Freiburg (HEG-FR)

Tourism

Visit of the old city and small passage by the famous place Python.

Transport

Network of Trolley bus and urban and interurban bus

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