Fribourg (French: [fʁibuʁ] ) is the capital of the Swiss canton of Fribourg and district of La Sarine. Located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine...
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The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Freiburg (French: Canton de Fribourg [kɑ̃tɔ̃ d(ə) fʁibuʁ]; German: Kanton Freiburg [ˈfraɪbʊrɡ] ; Arpitan: Canton...
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Look up Fribourg, friborg, or Friburgo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fribourg may refer to: Fribourg, capital of the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland...
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The University of Fribourg (French: Université de Fribourg; German: Universität Freiburg) is a public university located in Fribourg, Switzerland. The...
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Michel P. Fribourg (1913 – April 10, 2001) was an American billionaire businessman, the chairman and CEO of Continental Grain, a global agribusiness and...
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founded by Simon Fribourg in Arlon, Belgium in 1813. He is the sixth generation of the Fribourg family to lead the company. Paul J. Fribourg is the son of...
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The Fribourg Gulden was a currency denomination worth 14 Batzen of the Swiss canton of Fribourg until 1798. Fribourg's basic currency unit was the livre...
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The Fribourg funicular, also known as the Neuveville - Saint-Pierre funicular, is a funicular railway in the Swiss town of Fribourg. It is powered by...
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Fribourg & Treyer was a British snuff and tobacco manufacturer and retailer. It was founded by Mr Fribourg in 1720 at 34 Haymarket, London. They were famous...
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Freiburg im Breisgau (redirect from Fribourg-en-Brisgau)
(German: [ˈfʁaɪbʊʁk ʔɪm ˈbʁaɪsɡaʊ] ; Alemannic: Friburg im Brisgau; French: Fribourg-en-Brisgau; lit. Freecastle in the Breisgau; mostly called simply Freiburg)...
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Riaz (redirect from Riaz (Fribourg))
or [ʁja]) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Riaz is first mentioned in 900 as Villa Roda. The municipality...
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Fribourg Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Nicolas de Fribourg) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Fribourg, Switzerland, built in the Gothic style, on...
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Fribourg Olympic Basket, commonly known as Fribourg Olympic, is a Swiss professional basketball club that is based in Fribourg. Due to name sponsorship...
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Basketball Club Féminin Elfic Fribourg, commonly known as Elfic Fribourg, is a Swiss women's basketball club based in the city of Fribourg. As of 2024, it has won...
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HC Fribourg-Gottéron is a professional ice hockey team based in Fribourg, Switzerland, which competes in the National League (NL). The team was the sixth...
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Old Swiss Confederacy (section Bern and Fribourg)
Solothurn and Fribourg. Bishopric of Basel – 1579–1735 by treaty with Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Zug, Solothurn and Fribourg. Condominiums (German:...
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Fribourg is a Belgian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Michel Fribourg (1913–2001), Belgian-born American billionaire Paul J. Fribourg...
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rommant, in a document written in Fribourg in 1424 and becomes current in the 17th and 18th centuries in Vaud and Fribourg; it was adopted in Geneva in the...
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Fribourg/Freiburg railway station (French: Gare de Fribourg; German: Bahnhof Freiburg im Üechtland) serves the municipality of Fribourg, capital of the...
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Gruyères (redirect from Gruyères (Fribourg))
German: Greyerz) is a town in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. The medieval town is an important tourist location in the...
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Anchieta College (Nova Friburgo) (redirect from Anchieta College (New Fribourg))
Anchieta College is a private Catholic primary and secondary school located in Nova Friburgo, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is named for the...
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Sonderbund War (section The Fribourg campaign)
regeneration" in Switzerland. The Sonderbund consisted of the cantons of Lucerne, Fribourg, Valais, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden and Zug, all predominantly Catholic and...
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The Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (Latin: Dioecesis Lausannensis, Genevensis et Friburgensis) is a Latin Catholic diocese in Switzerland, which...
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RER Fribourg or RER Fribourg | Freiburg (French: Réseau express régional fribourgeois, German: S-Bahn Freiburg) is an S-Bahn network in the canton of Fribourg...
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Bulle (redirect from Bulle, Fribourg)
[ˈbylo] ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. In January 2006 Bulle incorporated the formerly independent...
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have almost disappeared (only 6.3% of the population of Valais, 3.9% of Fribourg, and 3.1% of Jura still spoke dialects at the end of the 20th century)...
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[kʁəˈʃi]) is a municipality in the district of See or du Lac in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Cressier is first mentioned in 1080 as Crisei. The municipality...
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Murten (redirect from Murten (Fribourg))
bilingual municipality and a city in the See district of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is located on the southern shores of Lake Morat (also...
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FC Fribourg is a Swiss football club from the town of Fribourg in the Canton of Fribourg. In the 2022–23 season, the team plays in 2. Liga Interregional...
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of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg. Schmitten...
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