Herdern is a quarter (Stadtteil) of Freiburg im Breisgau in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Above the meadow, on the sidewalk of the Sonnhalde street, there were several wooden benches where one could enjoy a good view of the west of Freiburg and its surroundings.

Despite protests, the city of Freiburg decided to allow the construction of four townhouses on this meadow.

[8] The Jägerhäusle (translated: Hunters cottage), an ancient forest house, was a popular restaurant.

[11] These are concrete art sculptures in brilliant steel in different shapes such as spirals, cubes, rods, ellipses or wind wheels.

For many citizens of Freiburg its drinking water was of great importance in the 1940s after the collapse of the city's infrastructure as a consequence of the massive bombardment on November 27, 1944, in World War II.