Dannenberg (Elbe)

Dannenberg
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Dannenberg (Elbe) within Lüchow-Dannenberg district
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Lüchow-Dannenberg
Municipal assoc.	Elbtalaue
Government
• Mayor	Elke Mundhenk (Greens)
Area
• Total	76.31 km2 (29.46 sq mi)
Elevation	14 m (46 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• 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

Old city hall of Dannenberg

Dannenberg (Template:Lang-nds) is a town in the district Lüchow-Dannenberg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the river Elbe, approx. 30 km north of Salzwedel, and 50 km south-east of Lüneburg. Dannenberg has a population of 8,147 inhabitants (December 2010).

Dannenberg is located on the German Timber-Frame Road.

It is the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Elbtalaue.

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 Polabian Names for Dannenberg are Weidars and Woikam.

Twin towns

Dannenberg is twinned with:

• Łask, Poland, since 1999

People

Theodor Körner by Dora Stock

• Johannes Schultz (1582-1653), composer
• Augustin Gottfried Ludwig Lentin, (1764-1823), writer and translator of works on chemistry and metallurgy
• Eleonore Prochaska (1785-1813), who died in Dannenberg, female soldier of Napoleonic Wars
• Theodor Körner (1791-1813), wrote in Dannenberg before Battle of the Göhrde the Federal song Before the battle
• Bernhard Riemann (1826-1866), important mathematician
• Harry Bresslau, (1848-1926), Jewish historian
• Kai Fagaschinski (born 1974), jazz clarinetist and composer
• Almuth Schult (born 1991), football player

• Nicolas Born (1937-1979), writer

External links

• Official Webpage