Schwabentor
Tourist attraction · Freiburg im Breisgau ·

Schwabentor

Tourist attraction · Freiburg im Breisgau ·

Medieval city gate featuring mural and small museum

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Schlossbergring 2, 79098 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Get directions

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Schlossbergring 2, 79098 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Get directions

+49 761 2010

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Nov 22, 2025

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Daniel Liaño G.

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Beautiful architecture. Worth the walk. Besodes, you can find a great bakery below the gate. You can find a good variety of sandwiches and sweet breads. Perfect spot for a photo and snack pause ⏸️!!

Paul H.

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Nice gate that leads to the hill on the edge of the city with many walking and hiking paths. Its in good condition and a main sight in the city.

איל א.

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A very beautiful avenue full of clothing, food, cosmetics shops, a very special clock building, part of the entrance gates to the city

Codrin G.

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A very beautiful monument, being one of the only 2 remaining entrences in the Old Frieburg Citadel, along with Martinstor.

Kent W.

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Freiburg has two surviving medieval city gates: Martinstor and Schwabentor, both originally part of the city's 13th-century fortifications. Martinstor, the older of the two, was significantly modified in the early 1900s with Neo-Gothic additions that gave it its current height and clock tower. Schwabentor was similarly enlarged in the 20th century. It features a mural depicting a Swabian merchant who, according to legend, tried to buy Freiburg with sacks of salt.

Paul C.

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One of the gates of the old town. Very beautiful and very nicely restored. An interesting old-new contrast is given by the tram line that passes through the arch of the gate, on which modern trams pass.

Nikita N.

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The Schwabentor is one of the only two remaining old city entrances of the fortified city of Freiburg. It is a beautiful tower with a special architecture that lets you into the city center. From here you can walk into the center to all the shopping streets. It is a beautiful building with the painting that depicts the legend of Schwaben. With its merchant carrying barrels full of money to buy the city of Freiburg. The idea was not only absurd but even funnier when they found out his wife secretly took the money and replaced it with sand and stones 😂

Klaus

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Very interesting small museum inside the tower.