Freudenstadt

Freudenstadt
Coat of arms of Freudenstadt
Location of Freudenstadt within Freudenstadt district
Böblingen (district)Calw (district)Rastatt (district)Rottweil (district)Tübingen (district)OrtenaukreisZollernalbkreisAlpirsbachBad Rippoldsau-SchapbachBaiersbronnDornstettenEmpfingenEutingen im GäuFreudenstadtGlattenGrömbachHorb am NeckarLoßburgPfalzgrafenweilerSchopflochSchopflochSeewaldWaldachtalWörnersberg
Freudenstadt is located in Germany
Freudenstadt
Freudenstadt
Freudenstadt is located in Baden-Württemberg
Freudenstadt
Freudenstadt
Coordinates: 48°27′48″N 8°24′40″E / 48.46333°N 8.41111°E / 48.46333; 8.41111
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionKarlsruhe
DistrictFreudenstadt
Government
 • Mayor (2024–32) Adrian Sonder[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total87.58 km2 (33.81 sq mi)
Elevation
732 m (2,402 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total24,301
 • Density280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
72250
Dialling codes07441, 07442, 07443
Vehicle registrationFDS, HCH, HOR, WOL
Websitewww.freudenstadt.de
Official logo of the city of Freudenstadt

Freudenstadt (German pronunciation: [ˈfʁɔɪ̯dn̩ˌʃtat], Swabian: Fraidestadt) is a town in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is the capital of the district Freudenstadt. The closest population centres are Offenburg to the west (approx. 36 km away) and Tübingen to the east (approx. 47 km away).

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 the American writer Mark Twain. With its many hotels and guest houses, and its high-class cuisine, Freudenstadt remains a popular vacation spot for Germans from every part of the country. Among the many Germans of note who considered Freudenstadt a second home was the justice inspector Friedrich Kellner whose WWII diary is the subject of a Canadian documentary.

  1. ^ Oberbürgermeisterwahl Freudenstadt 2024, Staatsanzeiger. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.