Fiz da seguinte form e resolveu.
- Solucao.
applicationContext.xml
<!-- ############# H I B E R N A T E ############# -->
<!-- Configurando o Transaction -->
<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.HibernateTransactionManager">
<property name="sessionFactory" ref="sessionFactory"/>
</bean>
<!-- Configurando JDBC com Hibernate -->
<bean id="firebirdDataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource" destroy-method="close">
<property name="driverClassName" value="org.firebirdsql.jdbc.FBDriver"/>
<property name="url" value="jdbc:firebirdsql:localhost/3050:/dba/JVDS.FDB"/>
<property name="username" value="SYSDBA"/>
<property name="password" value="masterkey"/>
</bean>
<bean id="sessionFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean">
<property name="dataSource" ref="firebirdDataSource"/>
<property name="hibernateProperties">
<props>
<prop key="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.FirebirdDialect</prop>
<prop key="hibernate.show_sql">true</prop>
<prop key="hibernate.format_sql">true</prop>
<prop key="hibernate.connection.autocommit">false</prop>
</props>
</property>
<property name="annotatedClasses">
<list>
<value>br.com.jvds.modelo.CadUf</value>
</list>
</property>
</bean>
Logo estarei postando a segunda solucao com JPA estou terminando o exemplo.
Obrigado !!!
JVDS