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The Alte Wache on the south side of Münsterplatz began as an eighteenth-century guard building and now serves as Freiburg's House of Baden Wines. This guide separates the free-to-look-at facade from the bar, vinothek and shop inside, explains the in-house Kalte Sofie and Winter Marie drinks, and shows how to size the stop to the rest of your Münsterplatz plan.
Freiburg's deep red Historisches Kaufhaus closes the south side of Münsterplatz. The facade and square are free to view, but the halls inside are event spaces rather than museum rooms. Interior access comes through concerts, readings, guided visits or booked events, so the programme matters more than any opening time.
Freiburg once had five medieval city gates; today only the Martinstor and Schwabentor survive. This guide explains Martinstor's 13th-century origins, the late-19th-century decision that saved it, the witch-hunt memorial on its wall, and how to pair both gates with the Altstadt and Münster on a self-guided walk, with practical notes on orientation and timing.
Freiburg's Museum Natur und Mensch at Gerberau 32 combines natural history and non-European ethnology in one building. This guide covers opening hours, admission, family practicalities, accessibility, the special library and the exhibition calendar.
The Schwabentor is one of the two surviving gates of Freiburg's medieval town wall, standing where the old town meets the Schlossberg. This guide separates the free street-level exterior from the tin-figure collection sources place inside the tower, compares the gate with the Martinstor, and shows how to fold both into an old-town walk without booking anything you cannot confirm.
