Freiburg

[ frahy-boork ]

noun

1. a city in SW Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany.
2. German name of Fribourg.

Freiburg

/ ˈfraibʊrk /

noun

1. a city in SW Germany, in SW Baden-Württemberg: under Austrian rule (1368–1805); university (1457). Pop: 212 495 (2003 est) Official nameFreiburg im Breisgauɪm ˈbraisɡau
2. the German name for Fribourg

Example Sentences

Liverpool are interested in Freiburg midfielder Merlin Rohl, 22, who has represented Germany at under-21 level.

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The drug had been studied in depth for its doping qualities at Freiburg during the 1950s.

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"From the 1970s onwards, East Germany began winning a lot of medals. West German politicians started worrying about it and spreading the message that West German athletes needed to win medals too," says Letizia Paoli, who chaired the 2009 committee investigating West German doping activity at the University of Freiburg.

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Klumper joined Freiburg in the mid-1960s, initially as a medical assistant, before becoming head of sports traumatology.

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"Unlike in East Germany, where it was a top-down doping system, in the West, much of it was outsourced to Freiburg," says Paoli.

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