which state is freiburg located in germany
Freiburg im Breisgau. Freiburg im Breisgau, city, Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg Land (state), southwestern Germany. It is picturesquely situated on the western slopes of the Black Forest, where the Dreisam River flows into the Rhine valley. It was founded and chartered in 1120 by the dukes of ZÃ¤hringen as a free market town (hence its name).