Highlights of the Wiehre
Attractions in the Wiehre
The 13 defining places of the Wiehre - from the Water Castle in the Sternwald forest and the "Wiehre Cathedral" of St. Johann to the late-Baroque Anna Chapel and the Lorettoberg with its pilgrimage chapel. Every entry is backed by sources; no invented landmarks.
Oberwiehre
St. Johann (the "Wiehre Cathedral")
The mighty neo-Romanesque parish church of 1899 - affectionately nicknamed the "Wiehre Cathedral" by locals for its sheer size.
Free admission
Unterwiehre-Nord
Christ Church
A Protestant church of 1891 in Italian Renaissance style - striking for its green sandstone.
Free admission
Oberwiehre
Maria Hilf
A Catholic parish church of 1929 with a distinctive roof turret and onion dome - a modified Baroque in the regional "Heimatstil."
Free admission
Mittelwiehre
Anna Chapel (St. Cyriak and Perpetua)
A late-Baroque little church of 1755 on Annaplatz square - the last trace of the medieval village of Adelhausen.
Free admission
Unterwiehre-Süd
Loretto Chapel
A Baroque pilgrimage chapel of 1657 on the Lorettoberg hill - modeled on the Santa Casa di Loreto.
Free admission
Unterwiehre-Süd
Lorettoberg
The 384.5 m local hill of the Wiehre, with the Loretto Chapel, the Hilda Tower and views over Freiburg.
Free admission
Unterwiehre-Süd
Freiburg Water Castle
A drinking-water reservoir of 1896 in the Sternwald forest - a castle façade with three battlemented towers after the Freiburg city seal of 1245.
Free admission
Oberwiehre
Old Wiehre Station
The historic station of the Höllental railway - today a municipal cinema, gallery, literature forum and Café Barbette.
Free admission
Unterwiehre-Nord
Freiburg-Wiehre Station
An active station on the Höllental railway / Breisgau S-Bahn (S1) - a feeder for commuters and Black Forest day-trippers.
Free admission
Unterwiehre-Süd
Loretto Lido
Germany's oldest family outdoor pool, with the country's only women-only bath - at the foot of the Lorettoberg since 1886.
from 4 €
Mittelwiehre
Old Wiehre Cemetery
A disused cemetery of 1830, now park-like - the neo-Gothic Dortu mausoleum marks the Baden Revolution of 1849.
Free admission
Mittelwiehre
Annaplatz
The village-like heart of the Wiehre - the Anna Chapel, the Sebastian fountain and a meeting point between Mittel- and Unterwiehre.
Free admission
Unterwiehre-Süd
Sternwald
The city forest on the Bromberg - a recreation area with the Water Castle, the Franzosenweg trail and the Sternwaldeck viewpoint.
Free admission
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