Damnatz
Damnatz (pronounced on the second syllable accented with a long a) is a municipality in the district Lüchow -Dannenberg in Lower Saxony.
- 2.1 Amalgamations
- 2.2 Origin of the name
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Mayor
- 4.1 Art
- 4.2 Music
- 4.3 Structures
- 5.1 traffic
- 5.2 Established businesses
Geography
Geographical Location
Damnatz located in the Elbe Valley Nature Park and Biosphere Reserve Lower Elbtalaue directly on the Elbe. The community belongs to the Elbtalaue, which has its headquarters in the town of Dannenberg (Elbe ).
Community structure
The municipality consists Damnatz since the municipal reform of 1972 from the five districts listed below.
- Barnitz
- Damnatz
- Jasebeck
- Cameroons
- Landsatz
Additionally, there are the two living spaces settlement Jasebeck and Uhlenhorst.
Before 1972 and Cameroon Barnitz belonged to the municipality Damnatz; Jasebeck and Uhlenhorst to country set.
History
Incorporations
On 1 July 1972, the neighboring municipality was recorded land record.
Origin of the name
Old names of Damnatz are 1330/50 enes hof lantwere Domnitze, 1348 in front of Tyn rode country to domnatze, 1450/51 Dampnatze, Damnatze, ca 1710 Damatz, 1858 Damnaze, the Kirchdorf an der Elbe and 1939 Damnatz. The place name is of Slavic origin. Two different basic shapes are possible in the name of interpretation. One possibility is " Domanici " for people, Offspring, subjects. The second interpretation is " Dab ` nica " for place on oak wood, oak grove.
Policy
The municipality belongs to the Damnatz parliament constituency 48 Elbe and the Bundestag constituency 38 Lüchow -Dannenberg - Lüneburg.
Parish council
The Council of the Municipality Damnatz continues as a result of the local elections in 2011 from a council woman and six councilors together, all of the voter community Damnatz.
Mayor
Mayor of Damnatz Torsten Schulz, who was elected on September 11, 2011.
Culture and sights
Art
In the cemetery of Damnatz the writer Nicolas Born is buried. His grave is adorned with a grave stone sculptor Klaus Müller- Klug.
In Damnatz is the sculpture garden Damnatz founded by the artist couple Monika Müller- Klug and Klaus Müller- Klug with the support of the Foundation for sculpture in 1994. The grounds of the sculpture garden is a former, directly situated on the Elbe parish garden. To date, there are 30 large-scale sculptures by 10 different artists on the 10,000 square meter site. In a for the exhibition and event space converted former barn is a collection from the fields of sculpture, painting and installation is created. At regular intervals, the building serves as a venue for art exhibitions, concerts and readings.
Since February 2011, music, cabaret, cabaret events in the culture dish Damnatz presented, as well as film screenings ( rarely seen films), lectures on various topics ( science, literature) and art exhibitions.
Music
Every year in July there is the open-air "D -MOVE Damnatz Rockt " in Damnatz. The name derives from "D" for Damnatz and " Move" for moving from, more details about the history may be found on the event website. The event is exceptional in Wendland and every year attracts crowds of visitors. Damnatz is thus once a year to the center of heavy music in the region. They will play all genre classic in the fields of rock and metal.
Structures
In Damnatz there is a remarkable small half-timbered church dating back to 1617th It has a single-manual organ. Legendary is the squad Napoleonic soldier who in 1813 took refuge in the church. The bullet holes are visitors like shown.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
The B - 191 Dannenberg Ludwigslust runs about two miles south of the main town and touches west of Kaltenhof the community Damnatz.
Established businesses
- Biogas plant fable, country sentence
- Biogas plant silk, country sentence