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Waldemar Tower Dannenberg

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Location: Dannenberg, Lüchow-Dannenberg, Wendland, Lower Saxony, Germany

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1. Hitzacker Old Town – Jeetzel River near Seerau loop from Dömitz

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2. Dannenberg Market Square – Lange Straße, Dannenberg loop from Hitzacker

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3. The Jeetzel River Near Seerau – Hitzacker Old Town loop from Dannenberg Ost

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Siegfried LG

May 15, 2017

Dannenberg Castle was a palace complex in Dannenberg (Elbe) in Lower Saxony that Duke Heinrich of Braunschweig-Lüneburg had built as a residence from 1569 on the site of a medieval castle. The castle buildings were demolished in the 18th and 19th centuries. Only the former keep in the form of the Waldemar tower has been preserved.

Dannenberg came into the spotlight of international politics through the imprisonment of the Danish King Waldemar II in Dannenberg Castle from 1223 to 1224. The place of detention was chosen because it is on the left bank of the Elbe, making possible Danish access more difficult. The keep of the castle as the place of his imprisonment is now called the Waldemarturm.

Today there are several individual buildings from more recent eras on the site of the former castle next to the Waldemar Tower. These include a half-timbered building built in 1854 as the Dannenberg Higher Court and the district office built in 1914 as a brick building, where the Dannenberg District Court is now based. The local history museum of the city of Dannenberg, now the museum in the Waldemarturm Dannenberg, has been housed in the Waldemarturm since 1955.

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Vlady

October 22, 2019

Within sight of the market square rises the Amtberg, originally a sandy knoll in the Jeetzel lowlands, which was reason enough for the first settlers in Dannenberg (Elbe) to settle right there. Today, the former keep of the medieval castle, the Waldemar Tower, still rises on the hill next to the district court. It houses the Museum im Waldemarturm, a modern city museum with permanent exhibitions on the city's history and the topic of flooding in Dannenberg. They give visitors - whether they are locals, newcomers or on holiday - a vivid and lively impression of the city's history. Changing art exhibitions complement the museum's range of themes. A few kilometers outside the city, the history of firefighting in Dannenberg (Elbe) is shown on 2,500 m² in the historic Neu Tramm Fire Department Museum. Events organized by the Dannenberg cultural ring take place regularly in the Ohmschen Haus.
Cafés and bistros from traditional to urban, restaurants from Greek to regional to Indian invite you to linger and enjoy culinary delights.
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JR56

May 26, 2020

The Waldemar Tower with its characteristic roof is Dannenberg's landmark. It is the keep of the former castle and takes its name from the Danish king who was imprisoned here with his son in 1223/24. Here on the Amtberg, the settlement of the square from which the city of Dannenberg has developed over the centuries begins. The tower houses a small museum on the city's history and the exhibition and multimedia show on the subject of flooding and dike construction. From the roof windows of the tower you have a very nice panoramic view. The district court is located on the Amtberg (new district office building in 1915). The half-timbered building opposite the tower was the former small high court, which was later used as a district court. Today it is a private residence.

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Location: Dannenberg, Lüchow-Dannenberg, Wendland, Lower Saxony, Germany

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1. Hitzacker Old Town – Jeetzel River near Seerau loop from Dömitz

2. Dannenberg Market Square – Lange Straße, Dannenberg loop from Hitzacker

3. The Jeetzel River Near Seerau – Hitzacker Old Town loop from Dannenberg Ost

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