Artlenburg
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Coordinates: 53 ° 23 ' N , 10 ° 29' E |
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| State : | Lower Saxony | |
| County : | Luneburg | |
| Joint municipality : | Scharnebeck | |
| Height : | 4 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 11.85 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 1707 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 144 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 21380 | |
| Area code : | 04139 | |
| License plate : | LG | |
| Community key : | 03 3 55 003 | |
| LOCODE : | DE 8AW | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Schulstrasse 3 21380 Artlenburg |
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| Mayor : | Rolf Twesten ( CDU ) | |
| Location of the community Artlenburg in the district of Lüneburg | ||
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Artlenburg is a town in the district of Lüneburg in Lower Saxony .
Geographical location
Artlenburg is located west of the Elbufer-Drawehn nature park, directly on the Elbe . The Elbe Lateral Canal flows into the Elbe here. The community belongs to the joint community of Scharnebeck , which has its administrative seat in the community of Scharnebeck .
history
Beginnings
The name Artlenburg comes from the ruins of the Ertheneburg on the opposite bank of the Elbe , which secured the Elbe crossing of the Old Salt Road from Lüneburg to Lübeck ; the ruin now belongs to the Schnakenbek community . The name Ertheneburg is derived from the Erthene river, which is located near the present-day town of Artlenburg and was mentioned in 1228, but no longer exists today. The name Erthene (* Erth-ene ), which may come from pre-Germanic times, could be based on the Indo-European water body name * ard -. If this interpretation is correct, the area around Artlenburg would possibly have been continuously populated since the Stone Age in contrast to the area of today 's Duchy of Lauenburg , which was uninhabited from the emigration of Germanic settlers around 500 AD until the arrival of the Slavs in the 7th and 7th centuries 8th century AD
Earlier place names of Artlenburg were Ertheneburg in the 12th century, Sifridum de Ertiniburch in the middle of the 12th century, Erteneburg in 1137 and Ertineburch with the variant Ertineburgh in the 13th century. The place name Neu-Ertheneburg appears since the 13th century in the years 1211 as prope nouam Ertenburc, 1543 in Ertellenborg and 1547 to Artlenborg. The river name is documented as follows: 1137 Erthene, 1228 in palude Blekede determinatum est illos de Blekede protendi usque ad fluvium, qui Ertene (variant: Erthene) nominatur, (1319-1330) (A. 16th century) in palude Blekede usque Ertheneborch . In alio registro habetur usque Otsene, (1312–1331) (16th century) in palude Blekede et usque Otene.
The Artlenburg privilege in 1161 resolved disputes between German and Scandinavian merchants, as Lübeck merchants were legally equated with the Gotland merchants who had previously dominated the Baltic Sea trade . This formed the basis for the spread of the Hanseatic League across the Baltic Sea .
In the lectures on the history of the German people and empire by Heinrich Leo it says:
- The Danish King Waldemar had to J. 1206 enjoyed quiet of the earlier anti-doping in the German kingdoms robbery. Otto's position in northern Germany had covered him. All of a sudden, in 1206, he attacked Duke Bernhard of Saxony and destroyed Artlenburg. - Artlenburg was rebuilt in 1211.
In the 19th century
The French main army forced the commanding Hanoverian field marshal Reichsgraf Johann Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn to conclude the Treaty of Artlenburg on July 5, 1803, as a result of which the Hanoverian army largely disbanded. Part of the defeated Hanoverian troops withdrawn over the north of the Elbe location, time still to Kur-Hanover belonging Saxe-Lauenburg disarmament by the French and went to England, where they make the King's German Legion formed. In the Convention of Artlenburg in 1803, the Electorate of Hanover capitulated to Napoleon's army . The Artlenburg Convention made the French masters of the country.
On April 23, 1821, a total of 63 houses and outbuildings were cremated in Artlenburg in a fire disaster. In the fourth volume of the " Vaterländische Archiv ", Hanover 1821, p. 416 ff., There is a detailed "Message about Artlenburg's cremation of April 23, 1821" from the District Assessor Eberhard Christian Compe in Artlenburg:
- In spite of their oppressive misery, Artlenburg's unhappy inhabitants feel excited to thank them most joyfully for the lively sympathy which their sad fate has awakened near and far, and for the willing help with which Inn and foreigners vie to meet them. Like the lightning speed of the devastating fire and like the visible fire sign on 10 and several miles around, the rumor of it spread quickly to all areas and this time, in its colossal representations, it did not surpass the terrible truth. (...)
Fight at the end of the Second World War
Germany lost World War II in 1945 and it was gradually occupied. In the last days of the war, the Allied troops moved further and further north. In the neighboring district of Duchy of Lauenburg on the north side of the Elbe, preparations began in April with regard to the expected fighting. Positions, foxholes, trenches and anti-tank traps equipped with mines were established. In addition, various bridges were prepared for blasting.
The local chronicle provides information about the preparations for Artlenburg on the south side of the Elbe:
- The war was now getting closer and closer to the Elbe. Often times people buried valuables and laundry. A train from the Artlenburger Volkssturm had to guard the Neetzebrücke in Lüdershausen. From now on, troop units moved from Lüneburg to the Elbe. The old Heerstraße offered something colorful, e.g. Sometimes also a sad picture. Infantrymen, pioneers , artillery detachments, supply units, etc. Departments, supply units, etc. alternated, some well organized, others in random, disorderly piles. In between there came groups of prisoners of war who were to be brought to Schleswig-Holstein over the Hohnstorfer Bridge. A military ferry carried troops across the Elbe. The bridges over the Neetze near Lüdershausen and over the Schneegraben were blown up. In the afternoon a German Tiger tank (obviously the Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger II ), which had still come over the Hohnstorfer Elbe bridge on the dike , approached our place, but did not get a shot, but was blown up by the crew on the Elbe in the evening.
The local chronicle reports about the beginning of the fighting near Artlenburg:
- On April 20, 1945 the fight broke out. At noon the English fired some incendiary grenades (red phosphorus) into the village. In the afternoon there was a low-flying attack with 2 cm on-board weapons . On the night of April 20th to 21st, English artillery bombed our place so violently that 50% of the houses were more or less severely damaged. The old school house z. B. had received 7 direct hits. Artlenburg offered a picture of devastation. Roofs were covered, window panes smashed, fences knocked down, power poles broken off, wires torn from the masts, debris covered the streets. The residents had fled to the cellars, air raid shelters or the Feldmark.
After the air and artillery attacks, Artlenburg was taken by the British. In the early morning of April 29, 1945, the British troops finally crossed from Artlenburg to the opposite bank of the Elbe with armored ferries and floating tanks . They set up a bridgehead there near Schnakenbek on Glüsinger Grund . Lauenburg was taken in the morning. Pontoon bridges were erected by evening and the British troops continued to advance to Krüzen , Lütau and Basedow . On May 1st, Geesthacht and Büchen were occupied . In the meantime, the Americans began to occupy the southwestern parts of Mecklenburg . On May 2, Lübeck was occupied by the British. On the same day, the executive government of the Reich fled from the Eutin / Plön area, 80 kilometers further north, from the approaching British troops to Flensburg - Mürwik . Only two days later the surrender of all German troops in northwest Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark took place .
Since the post-war period
The Elbe ferry Schnakenbek – Artlenburg ceased operations in 1964.
With a view to the historical events of 1945, the crossing of the Elbe and its consequences, in 1977, 1997 and 2017 the German 130th Panzer Engineer Battalion and the British 28th Amphibious Engineer Regiment affirmed their partnership, which they had agreed upon in the 1970s, through an exercise in which they were temporarily involved set up amphibious bridge at Artlenburg across the Elbe to Schnakenbek.
politics
The area Artlenburg belongs to the state electoral district 48 Elbe and to the federal electoral district 38 Lüchow-Dannenberg-Lüneburg .
Municipal council
The Artlenburg community council is composed of eleven members.
| CDU | SPD | Green | FDP | total | |
| 2001 | 6th | 4th | 1 | 0 | 11 seats |
| 2006 | 6th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 seats |
| 2011 | 7th | 4th | 0 | 0 | 11 seats |
Status: Local election on September 11, 2011
The 2016 local elections resulted in no change in the distribution of seats.
mayor
As of 2017, the honorary mayor is Rolf Twesten.
coat of arms
The steeple of the St. Nicolai Church in Artlenburg is depicted on the coat of arms. The church tower was built from uncut fieldstones at the turn of the millennium and originally served as part of a fortification to secure the Elbe crossing.
Museums
- Local history museum, with exhibits from the region
traffic
The B 209 Lüneburg - Lauenburg touches the municipality of Artlenburg.
Others
The architect Ernst Moeller (1858–1936) was born in Artlenburg .
literature
- André Feit: The last days of the war in the triangle Artlenburg - Hohnstorf / Elbe - Lauenburg - A look back after 60 years of peace. Hohnstorf (Elbe) 2005
- Spots Artlenburg. Our chronicle. Schwarzenbek 2013.
- August Hoffmann: Kinship book of the community Artlenburg 1640-1938 . Artlenburg 1987.
- Hans-Cord Sarnighausen: The Hanover local lawyers from 1815 to 1857 in Artlenburg. In: Zeitschrift für Niederdeutsche Familienkunde, Issue 2/2014, pp. 280–285.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).
- ^ Jürgen Udolph (research): The "place name researcher". In: website NDR 1 Lower Saxony . Archived from the original on December 7, 2015 ; accessed on August 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Source: H. Bahlow: Lexicon of German river and place names of old European origin Neustadt an der Aisch 1981, p. 13 and p. 12: too old Indian ardati, Greek ardo “watering”.
- ^ W. Prange: Settlement history of the state of Lauenburg in the Middle Ages, sources and research on the history of Schleswig-Holstein. Society for Schleswig-Holstein History (Ed.), Vol. 41, Neumünster 1960, p. 154 u. 155.
- ^ Heinrich Leo: Lectures on the history of the German people and empire. Third volume, Eduard Anton, Halle 1861, p. 104 f.
- ^ Rudolf Usinger: German-Danish History 1189-1227. Berlin 1863, publishing and printing by ES Mittler und Sohn, p. 133.
- ↑ Cf. Matthias Blazek: The Electorate of Hanover and the years of foreign rule 1803-1813. ibidem, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-89821-777-4 , p. 13.
- ↑ In detail: Matthias Blazek: Das Löschwesen in the area of the former Principality of Lüneburg from the beginnings to 1900. Adelheidsdorf 2006, p. 186 f., ISBN 978-3-00-019837-3 .
- ^ A b c Lübecker Nachrichten : Last fighting in spring 1945 , from April 14, 2015; accessed on May 30, 2018
- ↑ Kröppelshagen-Fahrendorf village newspaper. End of the war 70 years ago , p. 10, from spring 2015; accessed on May 30, 2018
- ^ Bergedorfer Zeitung : Series: 65 years ago. When the war came to Lauenburg on April 28, 2010
- ↑ Kröppelshagen-Fahrendorf village newspaper. End of the war 70 years ago , p. 10, from spring 2015; accessed on May 30, 2018
- ^ British Army and Bundeswehr build floating bridge over the Elbe , from December 5, 2017; accessed on May 30, 2018
- ↑ Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag : Elbquerung in Schnakenbek: Military spectacle: German and British soldiers build amphibious bridge , from November 30, 2017 and Lübecker Nachrichten : Military Spectacle: Bridge over the Elbe , from December 1, 2017; each accessed on May 30, 2018
- ↑ http://www.artlenburg.de/b/gemeinderat.php
- ↑ St. Nicolaikirche Artlenburg , accessed on May 30, 2018
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