Dannenberg (Elbe)
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Dannenberg | |
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Location of Dannenberg (Elbe) within Lüchow-Dannenberg district  | |
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| Coordinates:53°05′N11°05′E/ 53.083°N 11.083°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Lüchow-Dannenberg |
| Municipal assoc. | Elbtalaue |
| Government | |
| •Mayor | Kurt Behning (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 76.31 km2(29.46 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 8,253 |
| • Density | 110/km2(280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00(CEST) |
| Postal codes | 29451 |
| Dialling codes | 05861 |
| Vehicle registration | DAN |
| Website | http://www.dannenberg.de |
Dannenbergis a town in the districtLüchow-Dannenberg,inLower Saxony,Germany.It is situated on the riverJeetzel,approx. 30 km north ofSalzwedel,and 50 km south-east ofLüneburg.Dannenberg has a population of 8,147 inhabitants as of December 2010.
Geography
[edit]Dannenberg is located on theGerman Timber-Frame Road.
Politics
[edit]It is the seat of theSamtgemeinde( "collective municipality" )Elbtalaue.
Culture
[edit]Danneberg has a soccer team which plays in theregional league,TSV Dannenberg.
History
[edit]The actual history of the town began with the construction of the castle (first mentioned in 1153) during the rule of Volrad I,Count of Dannenberg(1153–1169), who had been given the task of settling and securing the territory by DukeHenry the Lion.The Waldemarturm is a local historical landmark, a tower in which the DanishKing Valdemar IIwas imprisoned from 1223 to 1224.
After World War II, Dannenberg was part ofWest Germany.However, it is situated very close to theElberiver, which served as the border betweenEastand West Germany until 1990.
Lüchow-Dannenberg is situated in a region known as theWendland,a mostly rural and agricultural area on the eastern edge of Lower Saxony. Starting in the 1970s, Dannenberg was a center for anti-nuclear protests due to the government's plan to build a nuclear waste site inGorleben,a municipality within the district. Much of the organizing against this facility was based in Dannenberg, notably a tractor drive from Dannenberg to Hannover culminating in a rally. Environmental activism persists as a major issue in the area.
ThePolabianNames for Dannenberg areWeidarsandWoikam.
Jewish Community
[edit]Dannenberg had a jewish community until the early 20th century. A smallJewish cemetery(theJewish cemetery, Dannenberg) was created in the north of Dannenberg in 1742. The 45 gravestones that still stand today range from 1776 to 1899.[2][3][4]
Twin towns
[edit]Dannenberg istwinnedwith:
Łask,Poland, since 1999
Notable people
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- Augustus II, Duke of Brunswick(1579-1666),Duke of Brunswick
- Johannes Schultz(1582-1653), composer
- Augustin Gottfried Ludwig Lentin,(1764-1823), writer and translator of works on chemistry and metallurgy
- Eleonore Prochaska(1785-1813), female soldier ofNapoleonic Warswho died in Dannenberg
- Theodor Körner(1791-1813), wrote the Federal songBefore the Battlein Dannenberg beforeBattle of the Göhrde
- Bernhard Riemann(1826-1866), important mathematician.[5]
- Harry Bresslau,(1848-1926), Jewish historian and diplomat, father in law ofAlbert Schweitzer
- Günther Scheel(1921–1943), Luftwaffefighter aceduring WWII
- Nicolas Born(1937-1979), writer, died locally
- Detlef Weigel(born 1961), development biologist
- Kai Fagaschinski(born 1974), jazz clarinetist and composer
- Almuth Schult(born 1991), football goalkeeper; played over 200 games and 66 forGermany women
References
[edit]- ^"LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022"(in German).Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
- ^"JÜDISCHE FRIEDHÖFE IN NIEDERSACHSEN".Univ. Heidelberg.Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.
- ^"Jüdischer Friedhof Dannenberg".-: Jüdischer Friedhof Dannenberg, -: - -.Retrieved2024-10-28.
- ^"Sänger, Falk-Reimar [Editor]: Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Baudenkmale in Niedersachsen (Band 21): Landkreis Lüchow-Dannenberg (Braunschweig, 1986)".digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de.Retrieved2024-10-28.
- ^.New International Encyclopedia.Vol. XVII. 1905.
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