Topic
Architecture & Wilhelmine Era
Villas, town houses and grand apartment buildings of the late 19th century.
Attractions
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
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
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