Dennewitz

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Dennewitzplatz is a village in the municipality Niedergörsdorf in the south of the district of Teltow -Flaming in Brandenburg. In the village live around 320 inhabitants.

The place by the liberation wars and the Battle of Dennewitz on September 6, 1813 Known. Jiiterbog In and Niedergörsdorf are the " Denne witzer Street " named after this place.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1174 as Danewiz. The name derives from the Slavic personal name Dan.

On September 6, 1813, the Battle of Dennewitz took place around Dennewitzplatz. 1815, until then the Electorate of Saxony village was forcibly transferred as a result of the Congress of Vienna to Prussia.

On 31 December 1997, the city was incorporated into Neugörsdorf.

Attractions

• Monument to Friedrich Wilhelm Bulow of Dennewitz who, together with Tauentzien won the battle of Dennewitz on 6 September 1813. The monument was erected on 6 September 1913. The inscription on the front of the base below the Bülow- reliefs quotes the poet of freedom wars, Ernst Moritz Arndt.

Originally Posted by Ernst Moritz Arndt on Bülow Memorial

• Other monuments to the Battle of Dennewitz.

New (since 1988) Tauentzien Memorial Stone

Obelisk after a design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Street names commemorating the victory of the Prussians at Dennewitz

Located in Berlin- Schöneberg " Dennewitzplatz " is reminiscent of the events in 1813. The same applies to the " Denne witzer road " in Leipzig, as well as the " Dennewitzstraße " in Augsburg, Berlin- Schöneberg, Dortmund, Duisburg, Gelsenkirchen and Hannover.