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All German cities and towns have the option of declaring some of their streets to be "traffic-calmed streets" or "play streets", providing they are willing incur the wrath of the powerful automobile lobbies.
The unusual thing about Vauban is that nearly all the streets in the district have this status. Theoretically anyone with a driver's license is expected to know what this means, but just to make sure there are several signs in Vauban explaining the rules:
--Walking speed must not be exceeded.
--Pedestrians are allowed to use the entire width of the street.
--Children are allowed to play everywhere.
--Parking only in designated areas.
--A high degree of mutual consideration on the part of all road users is necessary.
Second photo: One of the signs listing the rules of a traffic-calmed street.
Third photo: A traffic-calmed street in Vauban. As the photo shows, Vauban is not entirely free of automobiles, since several are parked on this street.
Fourth photo: A young couple on bicycles in Vauban.
Fifth photo: Pedestrians in Vauban. Leave a Comment
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 by Hosell
Photo: Landscape around Freiburg. Leave a Comment
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 1. A pedestrian and bicycle
street in Vauban by Nemorino, 3 more photos
The new district was intended to use renewable energy resources and was planned for the needs of people, not automobiles. About 40 % of the households agreed to live without having their own cars, and the rest park mainly on the outskirts, so the residential areas are not cluttered with automobiles. None of the houses has a garage, but nearly all of them have sheds for bicycle parking.
Second photo: Painting on the side of a building at the entrance to the Vauban District. The text reads: "We are re-making the world -- the way we like it."
Third photo: A street in Vauban, with covered bicycle stands in front of the houses.
Fourth photo: Bicycles in Vauban. Leave a Comment
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 Colombi Schloessle and garden by german_eagle
Built 1859 - 61 on the remains of the former city walls in the style of English Neo-Gothic the small palace is now a Pre-historic ages museum.
Opening hours: Tue-Sun 10-17
Directions: Rotteckring/Bertoldstrasse Leave a Comment
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Most of the streets in Vauban (all but one, actually) are named after people who opposed the Nazis in one way or another.
This street, for instance, is named after the writer Kurt Tucholsky (1890-1935), who had to emigrate to Sweden as soon as the Nazis seized power in Germany.
Second photo: This street is named after Harriet Straub (1872-1945), a physician and author who was not allowed to write during the period of Nazi rule.
Third photo: There is even a street named after Georg Elser (1903-1945), who attempted unsuccessfully to assassinate the dictator Adolf Hitler in 1939.
Fourth photo: This central square is named after Alfred Döblin (1878-1957), another German author who went into exile as soon as the Nazis came into power.
Fifth photo: This new meeting place, called Café Süden, is on Alfred-Döblin-Platz. Leave a Comment
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This is the only street in Vauban which is not named after someone who opposed the Nazis. It is the main street, Vauban-Allee, where the tram line number 3 now runs. This street, like the entire district, was named after the French military engineer Sebastian le Prestre de Vauban (1633-1707), who designed and built the fortifications on the Schloßberg from 1679 to 1687.
Second photo: Vauban-Allee.
Third photo: In 2006 the tram line number 3 was extended into Vauban, where there are now three stops along the Vauban-Allee. Leave a Comment
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The zoning regulations in Vauban forbid the construction of free-standing one-family houses, because the intention is to create a viable urban neighborhood that is easily accessible by bicycle and public transport, not a suburban sprawl that would be dependent on automobile traffic.
Private ownership and development of the buildings is encouraged, however, so there is considerable variety in the appearance of the buildings.
Additional photos: More streets in Vauban. Leave a Comment
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 view from the arcades in the
courtyard by german_eagle
The former Jesuit convent was secularised in 1773. The large courtyard (remains of the cloisters) is very picturesque with hedges, trees and roses. In summer theater performances take place here from time to time.
Direction: Bertoldstrasse, western old town Leave a Comment
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The Freiburg Radrundweg (Bicycle Loop Trail) begins and ends at the mobile, where you can rent a bicycle, and winds around for 29 kilometers through several districts of Freiburg. It does not go to Vauban, however, so you'll have to find your way there on your own.
If you take the loop trail counter-clockwise, as they suggest, you first go through parts of the Old Town and then a slight ways up on the Winterer Straße, to go along the side of some of the first hills at the edge of the Black Forest, but still within the Freiburg city limits.
Second photo: Looking down towards Freiburg from Wintererstraße.
Third and fourth photos: At the end of the Winterer Straße you come to a street called Eichhalde, where there are views like this. Leave a Comment
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 Church of St Peter,
Schwarzwald, Germany by Zandra
From Freiburg you drive towards Titisee, then follow the signs for St Peter. You can't miss the church; it's located on top of a hill, overlooking the village.
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