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Since the water main line was destroyed by US air strikes and the fire engines had been destroyed by shelling, fire spread easily.<ref name="HR">Hans Rommel: ''Vor zehn Jahren 16./17. April 1945 – Wie es zur Zerstörung von Freudenstadt gekommen ist.'' In: ''Freudenstädter Heimatblätter.'' Beiheft 1 Freudenstadt: Oskar Kaupert 1955 56</ref>
A handover took place only when French troops reached the town hall.<ref name="GLA">Der deutsche Südwesten zur Stunde Null. Zusammenbruch und Neuanfang im Jahr 1945 in Dokumenten und Bildern. (paper back) Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe (author). Publisher: Karlsruhe, Harschdruck, (1 January 1975)</ref> There were several dozen civilian casualties; about 600 buildings, 95 percent of the town, were destroyed directly or indirectly during the night from 16 to 17 April and 1,400 families were made homeless. Over the next three days, during the occupation by French troops, there were many violent attacks by soldiers of the Moroccan units.<ref>{{citation|surname1=Volker Kopp|title=Besetzt. Französische Besatzungspolitik in Deutschland |publisher=be.bra-Verlag|publication-place=Berlin|language=de}}</ref> According to doctor, Renate Lutz, she alone treated over 600 raped women.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Bruhns|first=Annette|periodical=Spiegel Special|title=Der Krieg gegen die Frauen|issue=2|pages=84|department=Der Ostfeldzug|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{citation|surname1=Margarete Dörr|title="Wer die Zeit nicht miterlebt
Many of the remaining buildings were then occupied by French troops. {{citation needed|date=March 2017}} Many families lived in makeshift roofed cellars.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} Overall, the average living space per inhabitant was reduced to less than eight square metres.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} The need was great, and the cleanup of the debris was initially slow.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}
== 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=}}
==Main sights==
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