Fribourg (; , ; or
Freiburg im Üechtland,
Swiss German pronunciation: ; or
Friborgo; ) is the capital of the
Swiss canton of
Fribourg and the district
La Sarine. It is located on both sides of the river
Saane/La Sarine, on the
Swiss plateau, and is an important economic, administrative and educational center on the cultural border between
German and French Switzerland (
Romandy). Its Old City, one of the best maintained in Switzerland, sits on a small rocky hill above the valley of the Sarine.