The Student Services Freiburg (Studierendenwerk SWFR) offers rooms in various student residences. The rooms are always rented out for a whole semester (winter semester: October 1 to March 31, summer semester: April 1 to September 30). Applications are submitted online from the university website. 

1. Student House Lehener Straße

- 75 rooms

- Prices

from 356,00 EURO for a room in a flat-sharing community

from 431,00 EURO for a single apartment

(rents increase due to gratuated rents)

The rent includes all additional costs, that means electricity, water, heating, garbage and internet fee.

- Equipment

furnished rooms with bed, wardrobe, table, chair, desk, bedside table

unfurnished rooms with wardrobe

built-in kitchen with 2 or 4 hot plates, oven and frige

internet connection (by cable), WLAN router in the room

central washing machine and dryer facilities

bike and car parking space

2. Studentensiedlung am Seepark

- approx. 1.800 rooms in 25 dorms

- Prices

from 270,00 € for a single room in a floor- or a flat-sharing community

from 278,00 € for a single apartment (with own kitchen an bathroom)

from 463,00 € for a 1-room flat

from 523,00 € for a 2-room family flat

from 712,00 € for a 3-room family flat

(rents increase due to gratuated rents)

The rent includes all additional costs, that means electricity, water, heating, garbage and internet fee.

- Equipment

furnished and unfurnished rooms

internet connection (by cable), WLAN router in the room

central washing machine and dryer facilities

volleyball court and soccer field

bike parking space, Car parking can be hired from 15,00 € monthly.

* For a variety of other rooms, please visit the Student Services Freiburg (Studierendenwerk SWFR) website.

Because of its scenic beauty, relatively warm and sunny climate, and easy access to the Black Forest, Freiburg is a hub for regional tourism. In 2010, Freiburg was voted as the Academy of Urbanism's European City of the Year in recognition of the exemplary sustainable urbanism it has implemented over the past several decades.

The longest cable car run in Germany, which is 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) long, runs from Günterstal up to a nearby mountain called Schauinsland.

The city has an unusual system of gutters (called Freiburg Bächle) that run throughout its centre. These Bächle, once used to provide water to fight fires and feed livestock, are constantly flowing with water diverted from the Dreisam. They were never intended to be used for sewage. During the summer, the running water provides natural cooling of the air, and offers a pleasant gurgling sound.