Freiburg, Lower Saxony

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Freiburg
Freiburg an der Elbe (German)
Freiborg an'e Elv (Low Saxon)
Municipality
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Panorama of the town in the early morning fog
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Coat of arms
Location of Freiburg within Stade district
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Freiburg
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Freiburg
Coordinates: 53°49′23″N9°17′4″E / 53.82306°N 9.28444°E / 53.82306; 9.28444
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Stade
Municipal assoc. Nordkehdingen
Government
 •  Mayor Walter Wolfkühler (CDU)
Area
 • Total34.11 km2 (13.17 sq mi)
Highest elevation
5 m (16 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31) [1]
 • Total1,856
 • Density54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
21729
Dialling codes 04779
Vehicle registration STD
Website www.nordkehdingen.de

Freiburg on the Elbe (in High German, officially Freiburg an der Elbe; short: Freiburg/Elbe, [2] Freiborg/Elv (in Low German), or Freiborg (in Low Saxon) is a municipality in the district of Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany.

History

View of the town with Evangelical Lutheran St. Wulphardi Church. Freiburg Elbe 2009 -St.-Wulphardi-Kirche- by-RaBoe 002.jpg
View of the town with Evangelical Lutheran St. Wulphardi Church.

Freiburg belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, a territory of imperial immediacy established in 1180. In the mid-16th century Freiburg adopted Lutheranism. During the Leaguist occupation under Johan 't Serclaes, Count of Tilly (1628–1630), Freiburg suffered from attempts of re-Catholisation.

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 short-lived 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.

Notes

  1. ↑ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  2. ↑ Thus Freiburg is differentiated from Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg (officially: Freiburg im Breisgau) and Freiburg, Fribourg, also distinguished as Freiburg im Üechtland.


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