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Historic Elbe Crossing and Artlenburg Privilege Monument

Historic Elbe Crossing and Artlenburg Privilege Monument

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Historic Elbe Crossing and Artlenburg Privilege Monument

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Location: Artlenburg, Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Der Heidjer Radler

August 27, 2017

The Old Salt Road led from Lüneburg to Lübeck and reached Artlenburg to Artlenburg, where she crossed the Elbe via a ford and a ferry. The Elbe crossing of the Old Salt Road from Artlenburg to Schnakenbek was secured in the 11th and 12th centuries by the Ertheneburg, which was set on fire by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in 1180 by Henry the Lion. For a long time there was only one customs station at the transition, today there is no Elbe crossing here. The Old Salt Road ended in Lübeck, which was founded in 1143 as the first lying on the Baltic Sea German city virtually the gateway for German merchants for the East trade. Decisive for this was the Artlenburg privilege of 1161, in which the Lübeck merchants should be legally equated to the previously dominant in the Baltic trade Gotland merchants from Visby.
Source and more info: artlenburg.de/b/geschichte/geschichte01.php

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JR56

September 6, 2019

Artlenburg is in the truest sense of the word "historical ground"
Already in the first century AD, there was a ford at the level of today's Artlenburg to the other bank of the Elbe, which was used by the Romans and subsequent tribes of tribes as safe river crossing at low tide. Tomb and coin finds from different epochs clearly show that there was already very early a populated spot, which had developed around this natural transition over the then main branch of the Elbe.

artlenburg.de/b/geschichte/geschichte01.php

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Jknord

May 5, 2023

In addition to the beautiful view of the Elbe, there is information about the ford of the old salt road at this point

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JR56

July 14, 2020

Artlenburg is located west of the Elbhöhen-Wendland nature park directly on the Elbe. The Elbe side channel branches off from the Elbe here. The municipality belongs to the Samtgemeinde Scharnebeck, which has its administrative seat in the municipality Scharnebeck.

The name Artlenburg comes from the ruins of Ertheneburg on the opposite bank of the Elbe, which ensured the Elbe crossing of the Old Salt Road from Lüneburg to Lübeck; the ruin now belongs to the municipality of Schnakenbek. The name Ertheneburg is derived from the river Erthene, which is located near today's Artlenburg and was mentioned in 1228, but no longer exists today.

elberadweg.de/Ort/artlenburg

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February 13, 2019

Wiener Flag in the ohlen Soltstraat (Lümborg - Lübeck) for the Kiekut river the Elw.

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Matthias

August 3, 2020

Great view from the south bank of the Elbe

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Hartmut (Hardy) Meyer

September 18, 2020

It is a very nice place to marvel at and enjoy the Elbe landscape.

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Volker

December 18, 2021

Nice view, worth a stop

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Morten

November 20, 2022

Here at the ford ran the historic Salt Road. The information text on the pillar is definitely worth reading.

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Henne

September 24, 2023

With a beautiful view of the Elbe.

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