Country Germany District Stade Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 34.11 km² Local time Friday 7:14 AM Dialling code 04779 | State Lower Saxony Elevation 0-5 m (−16 ft) Postal codes 21729 Population 1,856 (31 Dec 2008) Postal code 21729 Municipal assoc. Nordkehdingen | |
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Freiburg (in High German, officially Freiburg an der Elbe; short: Freiburg/Elbe), or Freiborg (in Low Saxon) is a municipality in the district of Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Map of Freiburg, Germany
History
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 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.