After Triberg we headed to Freiburg....which is known to some as the gateway to the southern Black Forest as it is situated on the edge of the Black Forest and the Rhine Valley. Freiburg has a neat old town. One of the main features which make this town unique are its Bachle or water channels which were built in the middle ages to water animals, and wash away filth (sewer system).
There are also two medieval gateways into the city. Both of these are very picturesque.
Another neat building is the Kaufhaus (buying house) which was built in 1520.
And last - but not least - the cathedral, the Minster of Our Lady, with its 377 foot tower which was built by the same builder who tried to build a similar tower in Leeuwarden (crazy that we went to both these places within 3 days of eachother in 2 different countries???) Pictures of the two towers are below....see any similarities? If only the soil in the Netherlands had been a bit harder....a beautiful cathedral may have stood behind the tower there.
And last - but not least - the cathedral, the Minster of Our Lady, with its 377 foot tower which was built by the same builder who tried to build a similar tower in Leeuwarden (crazy that we went to both these places within 3 days of eachother in 2 different countries???) Pictures of the two towers are below....see any similarities? If only the soil in the Netherlands had been a bit harder....a beautiful cathedral may have stood behind the tower there.
The cathedral and tower in Freiburg.
Freiburg.....................and the leaning tower -never completed in Leeuwarden.
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