Freiburg im Breisgau
E179286
Freiburg im Breisgau is a historic university city in southwest Germany known for its medieval old town, eco-friendly urban planning, and location at the edge of the Black Forest.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Freiburg im Breisgau canonical | 102 |
| Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany | 2 |
| Altstadt Freiburg | 1 |
| Freiburg im Breisgau urban area | 1 |
| Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany | 1 |
| district-free city of Freiburg im Breisgau | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T498049 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Freiburg im Breisgau Context triple: [Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg transport corridor, hasCoreArea, Freiburg im Breisgau]
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A.
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe is a major city in southwestern Germany best known as the seat of the country’s highest courts and a central hub of German constitutional jurisprudence.
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B.
Rastatt
Rastatt is a historic town in southwestern Germany, known for its Baroque architecture and its role as the site of significant early 18th-century peace negotiations.
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C.
Mannheim
Mannheim is a major city in southwestern Germany, known as an important industrial, commercial, and cultural center at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar rivers.
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D.
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is a major city in southwestern Germany known as an important industrial, cultural, and economic center, particularly famous for its automotive industry and surrounding wine-growing region.
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E.
Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern is a city in southwestern Germany known for its historic old town, technical university, and prominent football club 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Freiburg im Breisgau Target entity description: Freiburg im Breisgau is a historic university city in southwest Germany known for its medieval old town, eco-friendly urban planning, and location at the edge of the Black Forest.
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A.
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe is a major city in southwestern Germany best known as the seat of the country’s highest courts and a central hub of German constitutional jurisprudence.
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B.
Rastatt
Rastatt is a historic town in southwestern Germany, known for its Baroque architecture and its role as the site of significant early 18th-century peace negotiations.
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C.
Mannheim
Mannheim is a major city in southwestern Germany, known as an important industrial, commercial, and cultural center at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar rivers.
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D.
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is a major city in southwestern Germany known as an important industrial, cultural, and economic center, particularly famous for its automotive industry and surrounding wine-growing region.
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E.
Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern is a city in southwestern Germany known for its historic old town, technical university, and prominent football club 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
university town ⓘ |
| climate |
mild
ⓘ
one of the warmest in Germany ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 12th century ⓘ |
| governedBy | Mayor of Freiburg im Breisgau ⓘ |
| hasCathedral | Freiburg Minster ⓘ |
| hasCulturalInstitution |
Augustinermuseum
ⓘ
Theater Freiburg ⓘ Freiburg University ⓘ
surface form:
University Library Freiburg
|
| hasDistrict | Vauban ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Freiburg Bächle
ⓘ
cobblestone streets ⓘ medieval city gates ⓘ |
| hasGreenPolicy |
emphasis on renewable energy
ⓘ
priority for public transport and cycling ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Freiburg Minster
ⓘ
Martinstor ⓘ Schwabentor ⓘ |
| hasOldTown |
Freiburg im Breisgau
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Altstadt Freiburg
|
| hasPublicTransport | tram network ⓘ |
| hasRiver | Dreisam ⓘ |
| hasStatus | Kreisfreie Stadt ⓘ |
| hasTransport | Freiburg Hauptbahnhof ⓘ |
| hasUniversity | University of Freiburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSeatOf |
district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
ⓘ
surface form:
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district offices
Freiburg (Regierungsbezirk) ⓘ
surface form:
Freiburg administrative region
|
| knownFor |
Freiburg Minster
ⓘ
bicycle-friendly infrastructure ⓘ eco-friendly urban planning ⓘ historic university ⓘ medieval old town ⓘ solar energy use ⓘ sustainability policies ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| locatedAt | edge of the Black Forest ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Baden-Württemberg
ⓘ
southwestern Germany ⓘ
surface form:
southwest Germany
|
| near |
French border
ⓘ
Rhine Rift Valley ⓘ
surface form:
Rhine Valley
Swiss border ⓘ |
| partOf |
Breisgau
ⓘ
surface form:
Breisgau region
|
| regionCode | DE-BW ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Central European Summer Time ⓘ |
| tourism | gateway to the Black Forest ⓘ |
| VaubanKnownFor | sustainable urban district ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Freiburg im Breisgau Description of subject: Freiburg im Breisgau is a historic university city in southwest Germany known for its medieval old town, eco-friendly urban planning, and location at the edge of the Black Forest.
Referenced by (108)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Southern Germany
subject surface form:
Southern Germany
subject surface form:
University of Freiburg
subject surface form:
University of Freiburg
subject surface form:
University of Freiburg
this entity surface form:
Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany
subject surface form:
Southwestern Germany
this entity surface form:
district-free city of Freiburg im Breisgau