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The “long red” has company: Since summer 2011 the popular sausage has been available at seven rather than five stands. A new European Union ­directive on services specifies that stands not just be given to long-estab- lished vendors, as has been the case since time immemorial, but that every- one be allowed to apply for a stand by way of a call for bids. This led to fears among Freiburg’s citizenry that the ­future of the cult sausage might be in danger. Up to now, anyone who wanted a juicy sausage in a roll – with or without fried onions – had four stands on the EUGEN KEIDEL BATH Thermal Bath Renovated Brighter, more modern, more ­efficient: The Eugen Keidel Bath has been renovated for more than ten mil- lion euros. The new glass facade lets in a lot of light. Wood pellet heating, improved insulation, and a system for using the warmth from bath water contribute to lower emissions and ­energy costs. The renovated spa also features three new thermal pools, a therapy pool split up into two areas, two outdoor saunas, and an expanded sunbathing area. Originally opened in 1979, the bath serves around 400,000 customers per year. With onions, please: The Freiburg Cathedral sausage can now be bought at seven stands. Photo: Kunz The Best of the Wurst Freiburg’s Cathedral Square Has Expanded Its Culinary Offerings Kommando RHino Squatters Evicted “Commando Rhino” is history: The alternative squat in the Vauban neighborhood, a trailer park in which 30 mostly young people have been ­living for the past two years, has been cleared out by the police. In the night preceding the eviction, left-wing auton- omists allegedly staged the most ­violent riot Freiburg has seen in years: with burning barricades, iron claws on the street, and two injuries. The city’s building authority is now building a ­hotel which will offer jobs and trainee- ships to the disabled as well as an apartment building with commercial space on the site. UNited World College Boarding School Planned A boarding school for future world ­citizens: A United World College (UWC) is set to move into the former Carthusian Monastery and teach understanding, tolerance, and social responsibility to students from around the world. From 2014 on, the college will prepare 15- to 18-year-olds for an internationally ­recognized secondary-school diploma in a two-year program. Special empha- sis will be placed on sustainability and environmental technologies. There are currently 13 UWC’s worldwide. The Freiburg college will be the first in Ger- many. The Robert Bosch Foundation and the company Bosch are investing 40 million euros in the project. MARKET FORCES north side and one on the south side of Cathedral Square to choose from. This quintet also enjoyed preferential treat- ment in the call for bids issued to bring Freiburg in line with the new directive. A specially appointed sausage com- mission evaluated the 25 bidders ­according to three criteria: market ­experience, the stand’s attractiveness, and product quality. In addition to the established vendors Hassler, Meier, Hauber, Uhl, and Karle-Hämmerle, the commission approved stands for two new vendors: the butcher shop Roth- mund from the town of Murg on the Swiss border and the butcher shop ­Licht from Bad Krozingen in Mark­ gräflerland. From now on, their sausages will also land in the tummies of tourists and open-minded locals. The more radical change, however, is that the stands now really cater to ­everyone in the health-conscious city of Freiburg: For those of us who don’t eat meat, the local company Life Food now offers tofu sausages at a stand on the square. The Badische Zeitung asked readers to come up with a name for this new sausage on its Facebook page. The best idea: “the long green.” Claudia Füßler 32 City Life uni'alumni 2012