Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
Green spaces in Freiburg
open-in-new
<p><a href="/facts/Freiburg_im_Breisgau/VhdYMbgA">Freiburg im Breisgau</a>'s parks, green spaces, recreational facilities, playgrounds, roadside greeneries and the <i><a href="/facts/Mundenhof/axfdoAhn">Mundenhof</a></i> add up to an area of 397 hectares (980 acres), which corresponds to 18.05 square metres (194.3 sq ft) of green space per Freiburg citizen. On average, major cities in <a href="/facts/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg/6MjmVxjI">Baden-Württemberg</a> have 22.66 square metres (243.9 sq ft) of green space per citizen. However, there is an area of 2,600 hectares (6,400 acres) of forest in the proximity of Freiburg as well as additional recreational area like the <a href="/facts/Rieselfeld/R14Ja66t">Rieselfeld</a> district (a former <a href="/facts/Sewage_farm/QVx5cWM1">sewage farm</a>). The majority of the green spaces came into existence from the 1960s on. </p>