What is Freiburg im Breisgau?
{{about|the city in [[Baden-Württemberg]]|other uses|Freiberg}} {{Infobox German location | name = Freiburg im Breisgau|type = City | image_photo = Freiburg 017.650.n.jpg | image_caption = View over Freiburg | image_coa = DEU Freiburg im Breisgau COA.svg | image_flag = Flagge Freiburg im Breisgau.svg | coordinates = {{coord|47|59|N|7|51|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | image_plan = | Lagebeschreibung = | state = Baden-Württemberg | region = [[Freiburg Government Region|Freiburg]] | district = Stadtkreis | elevation = 278 | area = 153.07 | population = 217547 | Metropolitan area = | Stand = 2006-12-31 | pop_ref = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statistik.baden-wuerttemberg.de/ |title=Population data |author=Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg |access-date=2008-01-30 |archive-date=2015-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222112852/http://www.statistik.baden-wuerttemberg.de/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | postal_code = 79098–79117 | area_code = 0761, 07664, 07665 | licence = FR | Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 3 11.000 | divisions = 41 districts | website = {{url|https://www.freibur}} | mayor = [[Martin Horn (politician)|Martin Horn]] | Bürgermeistertitel= Oberbürgermeister | party = Independent }} '''Freiburg''' ({{lang-gsw|Friburg im Brisgau}}) is a city in [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Germany]]. Its full name is ''Freiburg im [[Breisgau]]''. Freiburg is on the western edge of the southern [[Black Forest]] ({{lang-de|Schwarzwald}}). == Twin cities == Freiburg has many twin cities throughout the world: * {{Flag|France}}, [[Besançon]],since 1959 * {{Flag|Austria}}, [[Innsbruck]], since 1963 * {{Flag|Italy}}, [[Padua]], since 1967 * {{Flag|United Kingdom}}, [[Guildford]], since 1979 * {{Flag|United States}}, [[Madison, Wisconsin]], since 1987 * {{Flag|Japan}}, [[Matsuyama]], since 1988 * {{Flag|Ukraine}}, [[Lviv]], since 1989 * {{Flag|Spain}}, [[Granada]], since 1991 * {{Flag|Iran}}, [[Isfahan (city)|Isfahan]], since 2000 [[Iran]]ian president [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]]'s controversial comments, which inc