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The Martinstor is one of two surviving medieval gate towers in Freiburg's old town. Timbers date it to around 1202, with first written mention in 1238. A 1901 rebuild under architect Carl Schäfer raised the tower from 22 to 60 metres and added its neo-Gothic cap. A McDonald's now occupies its ground-floor archway.

Freiburg Minster is the cathedral of Freiburg im Breisgau, begun around 1200 in Romanesque style under the last Duke of Zähringen and continued from 1230 in Gothic style. Built partly on the foundations of an earlier 1120 church, it became the seat of the Archdiocese of Freiburg in 1827.

Münsterplatz is the paved square around Freiburg Minster, covering roughly 10,000 square metres and lined by the Historical Merchants' Hall, the Wentzinger House and the Korn House. A market has run here since the early 16th century and still operates daily except on 15 August, alongside three plague-memorial columns.

The Historical Merchants' Hall is a red-fronted building on Freiburg's Münsterplatz, built as a customs house and enlarged to its present form in 1520-1532. Its arcaded facade carries sculpted figures of Habsburg emperors by Hans Sixt von Staufen. The hall is now used as a venue for private events.

The Augustiner Museum occupies a former Augustinian monastery on Augustinerplatz in Freiburg, rebuilt between 1914 and 1923 and opened to the public in 1923. Its collection spans medieval and Baroque art, including paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder and Hans Baldung Grien, stone figures and stained glass from Freiburg Minster.

The Schwabentor is one of two surviving medieval gate towers in Freiburg's old town, built around 1250. It was heightened and given its crow-stepped gable and onion dome around 1900, then partly simplified again in 1954. A tram line and road now pass through its arch, and a private tin-figure museum occupies the tower.

The Schlossberg is a forested hill directly east of Freiburg's old town, rising to 456 metres on the edge of the Black Forest. Fortifications have stood here since the 11th century; today paths and vineyard terraces lead past their remains to a 2002 viewing tower with views over the city.

The Mundenhof is an open-air animal park and farm on Freiburg's western edge, opened in 1968 on the grounds of a former agricultural estate. Covering 38 hectares, it is the largest zoo in Baden-Württemberg, keeping around 30 species including camels, yaks, llamas, alpacas and emus.