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{{Infobox German location
|type = Stadt
|image_photo=Freudenstadt im Schwarzwald.jpg
|image_coa = DEU Freudenstadt
|coordinates = {{coord|48|27|48|N|8|24|40|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Karte Freudenstadt.png
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|elevation = 732
|area = 87.58
|postal_code = 72250
|area_code = 07441, 07442, 07443
|licence = FDS, HCH, HOR, WOL
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 2 37 028
|website = {{URL|https://www.freudenstadt.de/}}
|mayor = Adrian Sonder<ref>[https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/wahl/oberbuergermeisterwahl-freudenstadt-2024/ Oberbürgermeisterwahl Freudenstadt 2024], Staatsanzeiger. Retrieved 12 June 2024.</ref>
|leader_term = 2024–32
|party = CDU
}}
[[File:Stadtlogo Freudenstadt.svg|thumb|Official logo of the city of Freudenstadt]]
'''Freudenstadt''' ({{IPA|de|ˈfʁɔɪ̯dn̩ˌʃtat}}, [[Swabian German|Swabian]]: ''Fraidestadt'') is a town in [[Baden-Württemberg]] in southern [[Germany]]. It is the capital of the [[landkreis|district]] [[Freudenstadt (district)|
The city lies on a high plateau at the east edge of the north [[Black Forest]], and is well known for its fresh air. Its city centre is famous as the largest market place in [[Germany]]. After [[Horb]], it is the second largest city of the Freudenstadt district. The city has an administration partnership with the communities [[Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach]] and [[Seewald]].
Freudenstadt is a climatic health resort of international renown. In the 19th and 20th centuries, visitors of note included [[George V of the United Kingdom]], the Queen of Sweden, [[John D. Rockefeller]], and
== History ==
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Since 1535 a monastery church existed in [[Kniebis]].{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}
The building of Freudenstadt was ordered by
In 1799 the monastery in Kniebis was burned down by the French.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} Because of the Württemberg foundation, Freudenstadt was almost entirely Protestant for a long time.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} The young church belonged to the dean's office
===Third Reich and World War II===
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In [[World War II]], on the nearly 1,000 meter high [[Kniebis]], not far from the [[Alexanderschanze]], a Command Center of the Armed Forces was built to defend the [[Western Front (World War II)|Western Front]]: the [[Führer]]'s
On 16 April 1945, three weeks before the war ended, the city was unexpectedly attacked by the troops of the [[1re armée (France 1944-1945)|1st French army]] under General [[Jean de Lattre de Tassigny]]. There was
Since the water main line
A handover took place only when
Many of the remaining buildings were then
== Municipal subdivisions ==
The borough of Freudenstadt is divided into the town of Freudenstadt with Christophstal and Zwieselberg (together 16,159 inhabitants<ref>As at: 30 September 2008 {{cite web|title=Zahlen-Fakten|periodical=|publisher=Stadt Freudenstadt|url=http://www.freudenstadt.de/ceasy/modules/core/resources/main.php5?id=972|url-status=|format=PDF|access-date=2014-03-04|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=14|quote=}} 7,8 MB</ref>) and the outlying districts of Dietersweiler and Lauterbad (2,256), Grüntal and Frutenhof (1,027), [[Igelsberg]] (254), [[Kniebis]] (947), Musbach (761) and Wittlensweiler (2,186). These are further divided into villages, hamlets, farms and individual houses.
==Climate==
{{Weather box
| width = auto
| location = Freudenstadt: 796.5m (1991−2020)
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| Jan high C = 2.2
| Feb high C = 3.3
| Mar high C = 7.2
| Apr high C = 11.9
| May high C = 16.0
| Jun high C = 19.6
| Jul high C = 21.5
| Aug high C = 21.4
| Sep high C = 16.8
| Oct high C = 12.0
| Nov high C = 6.4
| Dec high C = 3.0
| year high C =
| Jan mean C = -0.4
| Feb mean C = 0.0
| Mar mean C = 3.2
| Apr mean C = 7.1
| May mean C = 11.1
| Jun mean C = 14.6
| Jul mean C = 16.5
| Aug mean C = 16.3
| Sep mean C = 12.2
| Oct mean C = 8.2
| Nov mean C = 3.5
| Dec mean C = 0.5
| year mean C =
| Jan low C = -2.9
| Feb low C = -2.9
| Mar low C = -0.3
| Apr low C = 2.7
| May low C = 6.6
| Jun low C = 10.0
| Jul low C = 11.9
| Aug low C = 11.8
| Sep low C = 8.2
| Oct low C = 5.0
| Nov low C = 0.9
| Dec low C = -1.8
| year low C =
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 172.7
| Feb precipitation mm = 138.3
| Mar precipitation mm = 141.8
| Apr precipitation mm = 85.3
| May precipitation mm = 123.3
| Jun precipitation mm = 103.5
| Jul precipitation mm = 123.1
| Aug precipitation mm = 105.4
| Sep precipitation mm = 93.7
| Oct precipitation mm = 125.8
| Nov precipitation mm = 142.4
| Dec precipitation mm = 192.9
| year precipitation mm =
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| precip days colour =
| Jan precipitation days = 18.7
| Feb precipitation days = 16.7
| Mar precipitation days = 16.7
| Apr precipitation days = 14.5
| May precipitation days = 17.5
| Jun precipitation days = 15.8
| Jul precipitation days = 15.8
| Aug precipitation days = 15
| Sep precipitation days = 13.7
| Oct precipitation days = 16.3
| Nov precipitation days = 17.5
| Dec precipitation days = 20.3
| year precipitation days =
| unit snow days = 1 cm
| Jan snow days = 21.6
| Feb snow days = 21.2
| Mar snow days = 15.0
| Apr snow days = 4.1
| May snow days = 0.2
| Jun snow days = 0.0
| Jul snow days = 0.0
| Aug snow days = 0.0
| Sep snow days = 0.0
| Oct snow days = 0.7
| Nov snow days = 6.3
| Dec snow days = 17.1
| year snow days = 87.2
| Jan humidity = 87.5
| Feb humidity = 83.3
| Mar humidity = 78.4
| Apr humidity = 72.3
| May humidity = 73.8
| Jun humidity = 73.1
| Jul humidity = 72.1
| Aug humidity = 73.8
| Sep humidity = 79.5
| Oct humidity = 83.9
| Nov humidity = 88.1
| Dec humidity = 88.6
| year humidity =
| Jan sun = 64.7
| Feb sun = 85.2
| Mar sun = 134.7
| Apr sun = 171
| May sun = 191.2
| Jun sun = 211.9
| Jul sun = 224.2
| Aug sun = 216.2
| Sep sun = 163.1
| Oct sun = 112.5
| Nov sun = 69
| Dec sun = 54.5
| year sun =
| source 1 = NOAA<ref name= NOAA>{{cite web
| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Freudenstadt_10815.csv |format= CSV
| title = Freudenstadt Climate Normals 1991-2020
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| access-date = September 5, 2023}}</ref>
| date = September 2023
| source =
}}
==Main sights==
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On the south side of the market place is the Evangelical Lutheran Church, with its green tower roofs. It was built between 1601 and 1608, and is considered the most significant building of Freudenstadt. It was built in the [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]]/[[Renaissance]] style.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}
The Friedrichsturm (Frederick's Tower) is a 25m high tower which is built 799m above sea level on the Kienberg. It was built of red sandstone from the northern Black Forest in 1899 for the 300 year anniversary of Freudenstadt. On days with a clear sky it offers a view over the whole [[Murg (Northern Black Forest)|Murg]] valley, a view over [[Dornstetten]] and Schopfloch.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}
==Cultural and social life==
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==Economics==
The [[value added]] comes in 2006 from the service sector (54,2%), the manufacturing industry (45,0%) and from agriculture (0,8%). 2007 were in the urban area 2,832 guest beds available. The number of overnight stays was 339,292.<ref>{{cite web|title=Struktur- und Regionaldatenbank|publisher=Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg|url=http://www.statistik.baden-wuerttemberg.de/SRDB/|
The manufacturing sector is located mainly in the industrial areas.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} Particularly significant are the Gebrüder Schmid (photovoltaic, printed circuit boards, flat panel displays), the Robert Bürkle (equipment for surface finishing), the company Georg Oest mineral (mineral oil, gas stations, mechanical engineering).{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}
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==Roads==
Due to the central location in the Black Forest, four federal roads lead through Freudenstadt. At the market place the B 28 ([[Kehl am Rhein|Kehl]]-[[Ulm]]) meets the B 462 ([[Rastatt]]-[[Rottweil]]). Here ends also the B 500 ([[Baden-Baden]]-Freudenstadt).
Since 1985, the B 294 from [[Bretten]] to [[Gundelfingen]] bypasses Freudenstadt in a
==Bus and train==
Freudenstadt is the starting point of three railway lines.
In 1879 construction of the [[Eutingen im Gäu–Freudenstadt railway]] connected the city to the railway network. It runs from [[Stuttgart]] over [[Herrenberg]] and [[Eutingen im Gäu]] to Freudenstadt. Because continuation into the [[Kinzig (Rhine)|Kinzig]] valley was already planned (and as part of the [[Kinzig Valley Railway (Black Forest)|Kinzig Valley Railway]] was carried out in 1886), the main station was built southeast of the city, relatively far from the center. In 1901 the Württemberg part of the [[Murg Valley Railway]] to Klosterreichenbach was built. The 60-meter higher Stadtbahnhof north of the center is a [[standardized railway station (Württemberg)|Standardized railway station]].<ref name="stein">{{citation|surname1=Rainer Stein|periodical=Eisenbahn-Journal Württemberg-Report|title=Der württembergische Einheitsbahnhof auf Nebenbahnen |year=1996|volume=Band 1|issue=V/96|publisher=Merker|publication-place=Fürstenfeldbruck|pages=80–83|isbn=3-922404-96-0|language=
Eutingen and Stuttgart are connected with the Gäubahn. There is a rail service every hour with consolidations in school transport. Since 2006, coming from [[Karlsruhe]], S41 goes every two hours about Freudenstadt up to Eutingen where is connection to the Regional Express (RE) Stuttgart-[[Singen]].
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Among the schools sponsored by the district are the Eduard-Spranger-School, a business school with an economic high school, the Heinrich-Schickhardt school as industrial and technical school with a technical high school and [[Luise Büchner]] School as domestic school with a nutritional scientific school. The Christopher's School, a special school, is found north the building yard.
==Notable
*[[Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg]] (1557–1608), founder of Freudenstadt
*
*[[Karl Burger]] (1883–1959), footballer
*[[Georg Lindemann]] (1884–1963), colonel general in World War II
*[[Klaus Mehnert]] (1906–1984), political journalist, publicist and author
*[[Margret Hofheinz-Döring]] (1910–1994), painter, lived here in 1953–1974
*[[Hermann Wagner]] (born 1941), physician
*[[Costa Cordalis]] (1944–2019), German-Greek pop singer; lived here
*[[Michael Volle]] (born 1960), operatic baritone
*[[Kevin Kurányi]] (born 1982), footballer; graduated 1997 from Kepler secondary school
*[[Petra Lammert]] (born 1984), track and field athlete in the discipline shot put
*[[Ben Salfield]] (born 1971), lutenist
==Twin towns – sister cities==
[[File:Freudenstadt, 60 jarig verbondheid met Courbevoie IMG 5180 2023-05-04 15.26.jpg|thumb|Freudenstadt, 60 years of connection with Courbevoie|right|180px]]
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}
Freudenstadt is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Städtepartnerschaften|url=https://www.freudenstadt.de/Partnerstaedte|website=freudenstadt.de|publisher=Freudenstadt|language=de|access-date=2021-03-05}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Courbevoie]], France
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*{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Sandanski Municipality|Sandanski]], Bulgaria
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