Faces of Wiehre

Situated south of the Dreisam River and incorporated into Freiburg in 1819, the former suburb Wiehre recently celebrated its one thousandth birthday, having been mentioned first in written documents in 1008. During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Wiehre experienced a housing boom that yielded some expansive Jugendstil constructions and revealed a stylistic penchant for faces under, over, and next to windows. Today, Wiehre is one of Freiburg's poshest neighborhoods.