Freden

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Freden within Hildesheim district

(2021–26) Daniel Bernhardt^[1] (Ind.)Area

• Total53.49 km² (20.65 sq mi)Elevation

127 m (417 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total4,669 • Density87/km² (230/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

31084

Dialling codes05184Vehicle registrationHIWebsitewww.gemeindefreden.de

Freden is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Leine, approx. 25 km south of Hildesheim. Since 1 November 2016, the former municipalities Everode, Landwehr and Winzenburg are part of the municipality Freden.

Freden was the seat of the former Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Freden.

Personalities

Friedrich Lorenz (1897-1944), Catholic priest, Nazi opponent
Friedrich Mennecke (1904-1947), NS doctor who participated in the mass destruction of the so-called euthanasia program of national socialism as an accomplice.

References

^ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.