Drage (Elbe)

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Drage
Drage (Elbe)
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Drage highlighted

Coordinates: 53 ° 25 '  N , 10 ° 16'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Harburg
Joint municipality : Elbe March
Height : 4 m above sea level NHN
Area : 30.34 km 2
Residents: 4220 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 139 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 21423
Primaries : 04176, 04177, 04179
License plate : WL
Community key : 03 3 53 007
Community structure: 9 districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Winsener Strasse 41
21423 Drage
Website : gemeinde-drage.de
Mayor : Uwe Harden ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Drage in the Harburg district
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Drage is a municipality in the Lower Saxon municipality of Elbmarsch in the Harburg district , bordering Hamburg to the southeast and five kilometers northeast of Winsen (Luhe) . The municipalities of Drage, Marschacht and Tespe together make up the Elbmarsch municipality.

geography

Districts

The municipality of Drage includes the districts of Drage, Stove, Drennhausen, Elbstorf, Schwinde and Krümse, which are located directly on the Elbe , as well as the three inland marshland villages of Hunden, Mover and Fahrenholz.

Stover Beach

The most famous place within Drage is the so-called Stover Strand. The sandy beach on the Elbe gives the appearance of a beach by the sea and is also subject to the tides of the North Sea. Stover Strand is also the namesake for the neighboring Stover Strand campsite.

history

On July 1, 1972, the communities Drage, Drennhausen, Elbstorf, Hunden, Schwinde and Stove were merged to form the Drage community.

Drage celebrated its 725th anniversary in 2003, but the district of Stove - where Stover Strand is also located - was mentioned in a document as early as 1162.

politics

Municipal election 2016
Turnout: 68.3%
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
53.4%
18.9%
17.8%
10.0%
Free voters
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
    
A total of 15 seats

The council of the municipality of Drage consists of 15 councilors.

SPD CDU Alliance 90 / The Greens Free voters total
2016 8th 3 3 1 15 seats

Status: Local elections on September 11, 2016

Web links

Commons : Drage  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
  2. ^ Territorial reform in the Harburg area
  3. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 228 .
  4. ^ Election results for the municipality of Drage