Around the Minster Church

The other day, Red Baron went to a lecture by Anton Bauhofer at the Münsterforum.

The occasion was his retirement as head of the archbishop's building office. In this capacity, he also oversaw the reconstruction of the Andlau Palace, where he now gave his humorous presentation.

He showed some of his watercolors, which he made around Freiburg's Minster Church, and enriched his lecture with funny construction stories.

Traffic jams often occur at the narrowest point of the Höllental (Hell Valley). According to legend, a deer leaped across the gorge while fleeing from its hunters.

Driver, if you come via the Black Forest through the Höllental, go tell the Freiburgers that you were stuck in traffic at the Hirschsprung*.

*A free translation of the famous Epitaph of Simonides, commemorating the heroic Battle of Thermopylae: 

Ὦ ξεῖν’, ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε

κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.

(Stranger, go tell the Lacedaemonians that here

we lie, obedient to their commands).

The situation is no better in Freiburg's inner city, where Duke Bertold, on his monument, had to contend with five tram lines. Today, the Freiburg transport company still operates four lines at Bertoldsbrunnen.

Freiburg is proud of its title as a Green City. Since trees don't grow in places, the city planted small trees in pots and decorated the city like on Münsterplatz. These pots often double as seats.

The Münstermarkt, which operates every day except Sundays and Assumption Day, is popular with locals and tourists alike.

Edward Munch and Freiburg's Crocodile. Perhaps the horrified scream can be explained by a cruel incident.

Opinions are divided on the black diamond, Freiburg's new university library.

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