{{Infobox German location |image_coa = Wappen Freden.png |coordinates = {{coord|51|56|N|09|54|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Freden (Leine) in HI.svg |state = Niedersachsen |district = Hildesheim |elevation = 127 |area = 53.49 |Gemeindeschlüssel = 03254042 |postal_code = 31084 |area_code = 05184 |licence = HI |website = [http://www.gemeindefreden.de www.gemeindefreden.de] |mayor = Daniel Bernhardt<ref name=mayor>{{cite web|url=https://wahlen.statistik.niedersachsen.de/KW2021/reports/DW/20210912_DW_Uebersicht.pdf|title=Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021|date=13 October 2021|publisher=Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen}}</ref> |leader_term = 2021–26 |party = Ind }} '''Freden''' ({{IPA|de|ˈfʁeːdn̩}}) 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gebietsänderungen von Januar bis Dezember 2016 |url=https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Laender-Regionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Namens-Grenz-Aenderung/2016.html |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=Statistisches Bundesamt |language=de}}</ref>
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.
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