Mooswald (Freiburg im Breisgau)

[1] In the North East, Mooswald borders the district of Brühl, with its airfield, the university campus of the technical faculty and the exhibition centre.

In 1932, the city council of Freiburg decided on the construction of a suburb settlement at the former western border of the city, the Mooswald, after the government of the German Reich decided on an unemployment programme in 1931, in times of high unemployment.

The simple houses had neither electricity nor gas nor a connection to the sewage system at the beginning (until the end of the 1930s).

Big gardens enabled the self-sufficiency of the settlers with the cultivation of potatoes and vegetables and allowed the keeping of small animals.

The western Mooswälder forests and the Seepark lying in the southwest of Freiburg in the district of Betzenhausen provide relaxation opportunities.

Early in 2017, the city announced that the football ground there is to be developed into 60 socially funded tenement flats by 2020.

On 11 December 2015, the first section of the tramway towards the temporary terminus Technische Fakultät became operational.