| Freiburg an der Elbe (German) Freiborg an'e Elv (Low Saxon) Freiburg |
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| Panorama of the town in the early morning fog | |
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Freiburg
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Location of Freiburg within Stade district
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| Coordinates | |
| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Stade |
| Municipal assoc. | Nordkehdingen |
| Mayor | Walter Wolfkühler (CDU) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 34.11 km2 (13.17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 0-5 m |
| Population | 1,772 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 52 /km2 (135 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | STD |
| Postal code | 21729 |
| Area code | 04779 |
| Website | www.nordkehdingen.de |
Freiburg (in High German, officially Freiburg an der Elbe; short: Freiburg/Elbe[2]), or Freiborg (in Low Saxon) is a municipality in the district of Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Freiburg belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, a territory of imperial immediacy established in 1180. In the mid-16th c. Freiburg adopted Lutheranism. During the Leaguist occupation under Johan 't Serclaes, Count of Tilly (1628–1630), Freiburg suffered from attempts of reCatholicisation.
In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. In 1807 the ephemeric Kingdom of Westphalia annexed the duchy, before France annexed it in 1810. In 1813 the Duchy of Bremen was restored to the Electorate of Hanover, which - after its upgrade to the Kingdom of Hanover in 1814 - incorporated the duchy in a real union and the ducal territory, including Freiburg, became part of the Stade Region, established in 1823.
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