Datze

Peene- south canal, agricultural ditches, Tollense and Datze

Datze in Neubrandenburg

The Datze is a small river in Mecklenburg- Vorpommern. It is 30 kilometers long and has two flow directions and estuaries. The apex region with the Pseudobifurkation is located 27 m above sea level. NN in the village Warlin. The shorter western part flows near Neubrandenburg in the Tollense. He takes to the waters of the Rowabachs. The northern, almost the entire length of cross section equal partial flows by Friedland and opens three kilometers further to 8.4 m above sea level. NN in the country ditch.

The name of the Neubrandenburg town area Datzeviertel to which mainly the residential area Datzeberg heard derives from the Datze.

Name

The Datze is mentioned in 1552 as Dartze, Dassebek. The name comes from the Old Slavic DRACI, " thorn ". The Slavic corridor and place names in Mecklenburg were in contrast to the Germans primarily derived with suffixes of nouns or adjectives, rarely composed of two words or formed with a single unabgeleiteten noun. A possible translation would be " Thorn", "thorn brook".