Frelsdorf

Frelsdorf
Ortsteil of Beverstedt
Coat of arms
Location of Frelsdorf
Frelsdorf Frelsdorf
Coordinates: 53°29′35″N 08°54′02″E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Cuxhaven
Municipality	Beverstedt
Subdivisions	3 Ortsteile
Area
• Total	25.29 km2 (9.76 sq mi)
Elevation	13 m (43 ft)
Population  (2010-12-31)
• Total	708
• Density	28/km2 (73/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	27616
Dialling codes	04749
Vehicle registration	CUX
Website	www.beverstedt.de

Frelsdorf is a village and a former municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 November 2011, it is part of the municipality Beverstedt.

Frelsdorf belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, established in 1180. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish Crown - interrupted by a Danish occupation (1712–1715) - 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 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 Frelsdorf, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.