LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.freiburg.de/

Population:
200,000

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Freiburg	1457

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Albert Lasker	Business	1-May-1880	30-May-1952	Advertising executive and medical research patron
Karl Rahner	Religion	5-Mar-1904	30-Mar-1984	Leading Roman Catholic theologian
Wolfgang Schäuble	Politician	18-Sep-1942		CDU Chairman, 1998-2000
Til Schweiger	Actor	19-Dec-1963		Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Otto Warburg	Scientist	8-Oct-1883	1-Aug-1970	Effect of oxygen on cancer
Joseph Wirth	Head of State	6-Sep-1879	3-Jan-1956	German Chancellor

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Konstantin Fehrenbach	Head of State	11-Jan-1852	26-Mar-1926	German Chancellor 1920-21
Hans Filbinger	Politician	15-Sep-1913	1-Apr-2007	Disgraced German politician
F. A. Hayek	Economist	8-May-1899	23-Mar-1992	Austrian economist
Martin Heidegger	Philosopher	26-Sep-1889	26-May-1976	Being and Time
George de Hevesy	Chemist	1-Aug-1885	5-Jul-1966	Radioisotope researcher
Nikos Kazantzakis	Novelist	18-Feb-1883	26-Oct-1957	Zorba the Greek
Hans Spemann	Scientist	27-Jun-1869	9-Sep-1941	Experimental embryology
Hermann Staudinger	Chemist	23-Mar-1881	8-Sep-1965	Macromolecular chemistry
August Weismann	Biologist	17-Jan-1834	5-Nov-1914	Theory of Germ Plasm
Joseph Wirth	Head of State	6-Sep-1879	3-Jan-1956	German Chancellor

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