Northern Industrial Estate

The industrial estate, situated in the north of the city, covers an area of approximately 300 hectares. It is conveniently located between the two motorway junctions, Freiburg-Mitte and Freiburg-Nord (A5), and, in addition to direct links to public transport, also has an aerodrome.

The Northern Industrial Estate is home to industrial, commercial and service enterprises. The area is characterised by scientific and research institutions; in addition to the University of Freiburg’s Faculty of Engineering, five Fraunhofer Institutes and the BioTechPark, the Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology is also based here. Furthermore, the Freiburg Exhibition Centre is located here.

The "Green Industry Park" initiative in the North Industrial Estate

The Northern Industrial Estate accounts for 20% of Freiburg’s electricity consumption and 10% of the city’s total CO₂ emissions. Against this backdrop, the City of Freiburg, the energy supplier badenova, Fraunhofer ISE and FWTM have developed a new approach as part of the ‘Green City Freiburg’ concept: Launched in February 2014, the “Green Industry Park Freiburg” initiative works with local businesses to transform Freiburg’s largest and oldest industrial estate into a forward-looking, sustainable, energy- and resource-efficient industrial estate that serves as a model for the whole country.
The aim is to connect committed companies and individual business solutions, to jointly develop new, innovative projects and pilot schemes, and to identify and utilise potential savings and opportunities for cooperation. The results from the first 10 years show that climate protection ensures economic success: between 2024 and 2024, CO2 emissions fell by 34%, whilst the number of jobs increased by 37%.

Further information on the Green Industry Park can be found here.

Green Industry Park

Profile:

Approx. 300 ha of commercial space
Approx. 559 companies with approx. 14,600 employees*
Convenient transport links to the A5 and public transport
Strongly represented: innovative research and development as well as production companies
Largest companies/institutions: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE), Pfizer Deutschland GmbH, Micronas GmbH, Rhodia GmbH
Location of Messe Freiburg
Has an airfield
Broadband coverage

*Data from the Office for Citizen Services and Information Processing of the City of Freiburg. Due to the information provided in the business registration, employees of branches are only counted at the head office, which can lead to distortions (as of December 2020)

Karte Gewerbegebiete Industriegebiet Nord

Industrial location

The largest and oldest industrial area in Freiburg covers an area of around 300 hectares. International manufacturing companies - including Rhodia GmbH (specialty chemicals), Micronas GmbH (microchip technology) and Pfizer Deutschland GmbH (pharmaceuticals) - have settled here.

To the 360° view

Research location

The largest energy supplier in southern Baden, badenova AG & Co KG, is based in the North Industrial Estate, as are the Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology, the Solar Info Center, the BioTechPark, five Fraunhofer Institutes (IAF, EMI, IPM, ISE, IWM), the Institute for Micro- and Information Technology of the Hahn-Schickard-Gesellschaft (HSG-IMIT) and the University's Faculty of Engineering.

Many innovative companies characterize Freiburg's image as a location for life sciences, environmental economics and innovative research and development.

Commercial location

Numerous car dealerships and the TÜV Süd branch characterize the western part, which is also known as "Automeile Nord". Adjacent to this is the so-called "furniture mile" with furniture stores such as XXXLutz, IKEA, Möbel Braun and Roller as well as the Freiburg Trade Fair.

In the InnovationsZentrum Nord, the BioTechPark Freiburg and the Cerdia industrial park, there are opportunities for innovative companies to rent office space and laboratories of various sizes at reasonable prices.

The area has a comprehensive network of modern fiber optic cables, which guarantee a very good broadband supply. The standard transmission rate is up to 1 GBit/s. If required, it is possible to optimize this transmission rate.

BioTechPark Freiburg also offers a fully equipped start-up laboratory that can be rented on a project-related or temporary basis. However, established companies from the fields of biotechnology, microsystems technology, medical technology, pharmaceuticals and related areas also value the BioTechPark as an ideal business location. The companies located in the BioTechPark are integrated into BioRegio Freiburg and the trinational BioValley network. Further information can be found at www.biotechpark.de.

Transport links

Thanks to the four-lane expansion of Mooswaldallee, the North Industrial Estate is optimally connected to the A5 (Karlsruhe-Basel) and all other Freiburg industrial estates. The industrial estate is also connected to the B 31 (east-west) and the B 3 (north-south).

Thanks to streetcar line 4, various bus lines and the Breisgau S-Bahn with the Neue Messe/Universität stop, the industrial estate has a direct connection to local public transport.

With the City-Flugplatz-Freiburg air field, the North Industrial Estate also offers fast transport links to the centers of Europe in addition to rail and road. It is approved for commercial and private flights up to 10 tons take-off weight. Further information can be found at www.city-flugplatz-freiburg.de.