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Besançon: City of Besançon Université of Franche-Comté Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'ingénieurs de Mécanique et des Microtechniques |
The contact between the universities of Freiburg and Besancon is legendary. Documents show that students and professors from Besancon visited the city on the Dreisam river in 1467. That's just one of the reasons Besancon has a unique role among the partner cities. It became the first city (1959) to make the partnership tie with Freiburg. Because of the long years of friendship, and also because of the relatively small distance between them, numerous clubs, schools, and groups cultivate the contact. With 120,000 residents, Besancon is the political, economic and cultural center in the Franche-Comte region of the French Jura.
| Granada - "Alhambra" |
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Granada is Freiburg's "youngest" partner city (1991). The Andalusian city in Spain is famous, especially because of the magnificent Alhambra, former palace of the Moorish kings. Granada and Freiburg have a great deal in common. Like Freiburg, Granada has a rich-in-tradition university and is, due to the Alhambra, a well-known attraction for tourists. The cities' populations are also comparable. Granada has 260,000 residents, Freiburg around 200,000.
| Guildford - "Guildhall" |
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Guildford: Guildford Online University of Surrey Surrey Web Surrey County Council Guildford Business Forum Surrey Advertiser |
| Innsbruck - "Annasäule" |
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Innsbruck: University of Innsbruck |
Freiburg's ties to Austria's Tyrolean capital city of Innsbruck date back hundreds of years. Even though the present city partnership began in 1963, their common pasts under the rulership of the Habsburgs make Freiburg and Innsbruck "old acquaintances". Until 1752, Innsbruck was the administrative capital responsible for the Breisgau, and therefore Freiburg as well. Today, Innsbruck has approximately 130,000 residents. History is not the only common bond between the two. Both are university cities with numerous, more specified institutes of higher learning. Good relations are fostered through the universities' contact and by frequent exchange visits between various clubs and groups. Over the years of the partnership, more than 120,000 Freiburg residents have visited Innsbruck.
| Lemberg - "Church, 18.th Century" |
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Lemberg: City of L´viv |
As with Innsbruck, Freiburg has a common history with the city in the western Ukraine, L'viv. The city, perhaps better known by many as Lemberg, also belonged until into 18th century to the Habsburg Empire. Freiburg sealed its partnership agreement with L'viv in 1989. The city is a capital for administration and with its 830,000 residents, is the largest of Freiburg's partner cities. Common ground includes the rich in tradition universities and historical city centers highlighted by numerous churches and monuments. Due to political developments and the breaking up of the Soviet Union, the partnership with L'viv has a unique quality. There is a great deal of "general" contact between, for example, cultural groups and schools. Additionally, Freiburg supports the city of Lemberg with the building of a democratic system of administration and endeavors to assist the city in times of need.
| Madison - "The Capitol" |
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Madison: City of Madison Informationsforum Madison.com Visit Madison University von Wisconsin |
Academic contact has been the basis used to build up the relationships between Freiburg and several of her partner cities. This is also the case with Madison, the capital city of Wisconsin, USA. The State University of Wisconsin in Madison is among the ten most famous American institutes of higher learning and a connection to Freiburg's Albert Ludwigs University has existed for many years. This led to the establishment of the partner city agreement in 1987. Like Freiburg, Madison has approximately 200,000 residents, many have ancestors who immigrated from Germany. In addition to the relationship between the universities, local politicians in both cities foster contact through an intense exchange of ideas and experiences. For example, concepts for improving the environment are discussed and agreed upon in this context.
| Matsuyama - "Isaniwa-Temple" |
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Matsuyama: City of Matsuyama Matsuyama University |
University exchanges led to Freiburg's partnership with the far-off city of Matsuyama. The capital of the south Japanese island of Shigoku, Matsuyama has approximately 460,000 residents. In spite of the distance, there has been a great number of exchange visits since partnership began in 1988. It doesn't take a long journey to Japan for one to be convinced of the friendship between the two. Freiburg's Seeparkgelände features a Japanese garden, contributed by Matsuyama. And far away in the sister city, the people of Matsuyama can enjoy a bit of German nature by strolling through the "Freiburg Garden", presented by their partner city.
| Padua - "The five domes of the Basilica" |
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Padua: City of Padua University of Padua |
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