Villa de Freitas, Cultural heritage monument in Othmarschen, Germany

Villa de Freitas is a listed villa at Elbchaussee 239 in Othmarschen, Hamburg, built in 1903–1904 to plans by the architects Lundt & Kallmorgen for the merchant and shipowner Carlos Pedro de Freitas. The two-storey house replaced an earlier villa on the Elbe side of the road, which de Freitas had demolished. West of the house once stood service buildings, a coach house and two greenhouses, none of which survive.

Merchant Carlos Pedro de Freitas bought the plot in 1903 from the heirs of Baron Johannes Eduard von Mutzenbecher and had the current building constructed shortly after. At that time, the stretch along the Elbe had become the favored place for successful traders to build their homes.

The Elbchaussee was the favored address of wealthy Hamburg merchants in the early 20th century, and this property was among the grand residences that lined the road. Passing by today, it still shows how trade success was expressed through architecture and garden layout.

The villa stands at Elbchaussee 239 in Othmarschen, on the Elbe side of the road. It is a private residence, so the grounds cannot be entered; the facade can be viewed from the public pavement. The site was divided into several flats around 1927, and the house was renovated after its 2011 sale.

The house stood empty for years before it was bought in 2011 and carefully renovated to serve again as a home. The name of the villa has been kept ever since, keeping the memory of the original merchant family alive.