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Wiehre, Freiburg — Area Guide & Where to Stay
The Wiehre is Freiburg im Breisgau's quiet residential quarter across the Dreisam, its streets lined with buildings from the 18th century.
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Where to stay in Wiehre
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
The Günterstal Landstrasse cuts the Wiehre in two, running from St. Martin's Gate in the old town wall out toward Günterstal, and it is the line most stays here end up organised around. Housing is dear here. The 18th-century streets that made the quarter desirable never left much room for hotels, so a good share of visitors take rooms over the Dreisam in the Old City and cross back on foot.
Few places to stay in Wiehre — most visitors book in Freiburg nearby.
About Wiehre
What are the main landmarks in Wiehre?
The register attached to this quarter reaches well past its own streets. Freiburg Minster, the Augustiner Museum and the Colombischlössle Archeological Museum belong to Freiburg im Breisgau at large, and the Dreisam is all that separates the Wiehre from that side of the city. Others are quieter names.
The Loretto chapel, the Hildaturm, Christuskirche and St. Ursula sit on the same list, together with the Zinnfigurenklause and Palais Sickingen.
What is the history of Wiehre?
Buildings from the 18th century and earlier still stand along these streets, and the Wiehre's commercial and residential stock survived in a state that few quarters of Freiburg im Breisgau can match. One gate anchors the older layer. St. Martin's Gate belonged to the ancient town wall of Freiburg, and the Günterstal Landstrasse that begins there has drawn the quarter's shape ever since.
The Rheintalbahn Karlsruhe-Basel runs along the western edge, and the streets between it and the Dreisam hold the residential character the quarter is known for.
Where is Wiehre?
The Dreisam bounds the Wiehre to the north, the Rheintalbahn Karlsruhe-Basel to the west and the Sternwald am Bromberg to the south. Three edges, one quarter.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Wiehre?
Freiburg Old City: arrivals who need the bed choice the Wiehre never built.
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Updated September 2026