There have been three main railway stations in Freiburg beginning with the first erected in 1845 that was described as being in Rundbogenstil ("round arch style"), with Romanesque Revival elements. It was altered over the years but on the evening of November 27, 1944, British bombers destroyed the majority of the tracks and almost the entire main station building. The clock tower, survived that raid but was itself destroyed about 3 months later in another raid.  After the war a new station was built.  Despite the fact that it is described as a “temporary” station, it lasted for over 50 years until it was replaced by the one we see today, that opened in 1999.  The style is described as "functionalism".

The station’s Wikipedia page says that, “... Its core consists of 2 six-storey buildings and two office towers.”  Credited to the architectural practice of Harter und Kanzler, “... the two buildings are connected by a glass roof built above the level of their second floors;







.... (below the glass roof) are the entrance hall and a market hall connected to it along with the DB travel centre. In addition, there are a variety of restaurants and shops in the market hall and the loft over it. In the remaining floors and the two office towers there is 25,000 square metres of office space.”