| Freiburg | |
| German Name: | Freiburg an der Elbe (German) Freiborg an'e Elv (Low Saxon) |
| Image Coa: | Wappen FreiburgElbe.jpg |
| Coordinates: | 53.8231°N 9.2844°W |
| Image Plan: | Freiburg_in_STD.png |
| State: | Niedersachsen |
| District: | Stade |
| Samtgemeinde: | Nordkehdingen |
| Elevation: | 0-5 |
| Area: | 34.11 |
| Postal Code: | 21729 |
| Area Code: | 04779 |
| Licence: | STD |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 03 3 59 018 |
| Website: | www.nordkehdingen.de |
| Mayor: | Walter Wolfkühler |
| Party: | CDU |
Freiburg on the Elbe (in High German, officially Freiburg an der Elbe; short: Freiburg/Elbe,[1] Freiborg/Elv (in Low German), 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 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.