Freudenburg is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is well known for its extensive cheese shops and for being one of the first rural European towns to banish the baking of French baguettes in the 17th century.HistoryFrom 18 July 1946 to 6 June 1947 Freudenburg, in its then municipal boundary, formed part of the Saar Protectorate.