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Dannenberg (Elbe)

Coordinates: 53°05′N 11°05′E / 53.083°N 11.083°E / 53.083; 11.083
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Dannenberg
Town
Old town hall
Old town hall
Coat of arms of Dannenberg
Coat of arms
Location of Dannenberg (Elbe) within Lüchow-Dannenberg district
Mecklenburg-VorpommernSaxony-AnhaltBrandenburgLüneburg (district)Uelzen (district)Neu DarchauHitzackerGöhrdeGöhrde (unincorporated area)DamnatzKarwitzZernienGusbornLangendorfDannenberg (Elbe)JamelnLüchowWustrowLuckau (Wendland)KüstenWaddeweitzClenzeBergen an der DummeSchnegaLübbowWoltersdorfLemgowPrezelleTrebelGorlebenGartowHöhbeckSchnackenburgGartow (unincorporated area)
Dannenberg is located in Germany
Dannenberg
Dannenberg
Dannenberg is located in Lower Saxony
Dannenberg
Dannenberg
Coordinates: 53°05′N 11°05′E / 53.083°N 11.083°E / 53.083; 11.083
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictLüchow-Dannenberg
Municipal assoc.Elbtalaue
Government
 • MayorKurt Behning (CDU)
Area
 • Total
76.31 km2 (29.46 sq mi)
Elevation
14 m (46 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total
8,253
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
29451
Dialling codes05861
Vehicle registrationDAN
Websitehttp://www.dannenberg.de

Dannenberg is a town in the district Lüchow-Dannenberg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Jeetzel, approx. 30 km north of Salzwedel, and 50 km south-east of Lüneburg. Dannenberg has a population of 8,147 inhabitants as of December 2010.

Dannenberg is located on the German Timber-Frame Road.

It is the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Elbtalaue. It has a soccer team which plays in the regional league, TSV Dannenberg.

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 Duke Henry the Lion. The Waldemarturm is a local historical landmark, a tower in which the Danish King Valdemar II was imprisoned from 1223 to 1224.

After World War II, Dannenberg was part of West Germany. However, it is situated very close to the Elbe river, which served as the border between East and West Germany until 1990.

Lüchow-Dannenberg is situated in a region known as the Wendland, 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 in Gorleben, 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.

The Polabian Names for Dannenberg are Weidars and Woikam.

Twin towns

Dannenberg is twinned with:

  • Poland Łask, Poland, since 1999

Notable people

August the Younger, 1666
Theodor Körner by Dora Stock, 1814

References

  1. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  2. ^ "Riemann, Georg Friedrich Bernhard" . New International Encyclopedia. Vol. XVII. 1905.
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