Dannenberg is a town in the district Lüchow-Dannenberg

Lüchow-Dannenberg

Lüchow-Dannenberg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany which is usually referred to as Hannoversches Wendland or Wendland. It is bounded by the districts of Uelzen and Lüneburg and the states of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt Lüchow-Dannenberg is a district in...

, in Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It is situated near the river Elbe

Elbe

The Elbe is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Krkonoše Mountains of the northwestern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia , then Germany and flowing into the North Sea at Cuxhaven, 110 km northwest of Hamburg...

, approx. 30 km north of Salzwedel

Salzwedel

Salzwedel of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, and has a population of approximately 21,500. Salzwedel is located on the German Framework Road.-Geography:...

, and 50 km south-east of Lüneburg

Lüneburg

Lüneburg is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of fellow Hanseatic city Hamburg. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, and one of Hamburg's inner suburbs...

. Dannenberg has a population of 8,497 inhabitants (June 2005).

Dannenberg is located on the German Framework Road

German Framework Road

The German Timber-Frame Road is a German tourist route leading from the river Elbe in the north to Lake Constance in the south. Along the road you can find nearly 100 cities and towns with remarkable timber-framed houses...

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

Elbtalaue

Elbtalaue is a Samtgemeinde in the district of Lüchow-Dannenberg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat is in the town Dannenberg.The Samtgemeinde Elbtalaue consists of the following municipalities:#Damnatz#Dannenberg...

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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

Henry the Lion

Henry the Lion was a member of the Welf dynasty and Duke of Saxony, as Henry III, from 1142, and Duke of Bavaria, as Henry XII, from 1156, which duchies he held until 1180....

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The Polabian

Polabian language

The Polabian language is an extinct West Slavic language that was spoken by the Polabian Slavs in present-day North-Eastern Germany around the Elbe river, from which derives its name...

 Names for Dannenberg are Weidars and Woikam.

People

• Harry Bresslau
  Harry Bresslau
  Harry Bresslau was a German historian and scholar of state papers and of historical and literary muniments .-Training:...
  
  , a Jewish historian
• Augustin Gottfried Ludwig Lentin
  Augustin Gottfried Ludwig Lentin
  Augustin Gottfried Ludwig Lentin was a German chemist. He was a lecturer at the University of Göttingen and subsequently inspector of saltworks, and a writer and translator of works on chemistry and metallurgy.-Early life and education:...
  
  , writer and translator of works on chemistry and metallurgy

External links

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