Artlenburg
Artlenburg is a patch in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony.
- 2.1 Place name
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Mayor
- 3.3 Museums
- 4.1 traffic
Geography
Geographical Location
Artlenburg lies to the west of the nature reserve bank of the Elbe - Drawehn directly on the Elbe. The Elbe Lateral Canal branches off from the river Elbe. The community belongs to the Samtgemeinde Scharnebeck, which has its headquarters in the town of Scharnebeck.
History
The name comes from the Artlenburg lying on the opposite bank of the Elbe ruin the Ertheneburg that secured the Elbe crossing the Old Salt Road from Lüneburg to Lübeck; The ruins now belongs to the municipality Schnakenbek.
By Artlenburg privilege in 1161 dispute between the German and Scandinavian merchants were solved by Lübeck merchants were treated as previously in the Baltic trade dominating Gotland merchants legally. This formed the basis for the spread of the Hanseatic League over the Baltic Sea.
In the lectures on the history of the German people and Reich Heinrich Leo says:
1211 Artlenburg was rebuilt.
The main French army forced the commanding Hanoverian Field Marshal Count Johann Ludwig Reich Wallmoden - Gimborn the conclusion of the Treaty of Artlenburg on 5 July 1803 as a result the Hanoverian army disbanded. Known as the Convention Artlenburg surrender made the French masters of the country.
In Artlenburg total of 63 houses were cremated together with outbuildings by a fire disaster on 23 April 1821. In the fourth volume of the " Patriotic Archive", Hannover 1821, pp. 416 ff, gives a detailed " message via Artlenburgs cremation from April 23, 1821 " by the Office Assessor Eberhard Christian Compe in Artlenburg:
About the events in the final days of World War II (1939-1945) are the Artlenburg Chronicle Information:
Place name
The place Artlenburg continues the development of new Erthenburg. The name derives from the castle was Ertheneburg which is usually searched on the north bank of the Elbe. Former place names of Artlenburg were in the 12th century Ertheneburg, mid-12th century Sifridum de Ertiniburch, 1137 Erteneburg and in the 13th century Ertineburch with the variant Ertineburgh. The place name New Ertheneburg appear since the 13th century in the years 1211 as prope nouam Ertenburc, 1543 in Ertellenborg 1547 to Artlenborg.
The river name is as assigned as follows:
It is undisputed that Erteneburg / Artlenburg has received its name from a now-vanished and waters.
Policy
The patch is part of the parliamentary constituency Artlenburg 48 Elbe and the Bundestag constituency 38 Lüchow -Dannenberg, Lüneburg.
Parish council
The Council of the Municipality Artlenburg is composed of 11 deputies.
Status: local elections on 11 September 2011
Mayor
Honorary Mayor is currently Rolf Twesten.
Museums
- Heritage Museum, with exhibits from the region.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
The B 209 Lüneburg- Lauenburg touches the municipality of Artlenburg.
Others
In the convention of 1803, the electorate of Hanover Artlenburg capitulated against Napoleon's army. Parts of the defeated Hanoverian troops escaped across the north of the Elbe location, time still to Kur- Hanover belonging Duchy of Saxe -Lauenburg of disarmament by the French and went to England, where they formed the King's German Legion.