Schnackenburg
Sign in to saveSchnackenburg () is a town in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Elbe. It is part of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Gartow. Lying at the easternmost projection of Lower Saxony, the town is bordered on all sides except the west by territory that was formerly East Germany. It is the least densely populated town ("Stadt") in what was West Germany, although there are nine towns in what was formerly East Germany that are less densely populated (mostly in Brandenburg).
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen Stadt Schnackenburg.png
- German location.image_plan
- Schnackenburg in DAN.svg
- German location.state
- Niedersachsen
- German location.district
- Lüchow-Dannenberg
- German location.Samtgemeinde
- Gartow
- German location.elevation
- 17
- German location.area
- 23.76
- German location.postal_code
- 29493
- German location.area_code
- 05840
- German location.licence
- DAN
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 03 3 54 021
- German location.divisions
- 4 Ortsteile
- German location.website
- www.gartow.de
- German location.mayor
- Andreas Koch
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 521
- Area
- 23.76
- Elevation
- 17
- Official website
- www.schnackenburg-elbe.de
- Image
- Schnackenburg 3955.jpg
- Dialing code
- 05840
- Licence plate code
- DAN
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- Schnackenburg
- postal code
- 29493
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Schnackenburg () is a town in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Elbe. It is part of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Gartow. Lying at the easternmost projection of Lower Saxony, the town is bordered on all sides except the west by territory that was formerly East Germany. It is the least densely populated town ("Stadt") in what was West Germany, although there are nine towns in what was formerly East Germany that are less densely populated (mostly in Brandenburg).
==Etymology of the toponym== The Polabian name of Schnackenburg is Godĕgord (also spelled Godegür in older German reference material), probably from god (< Slavic *gadă) ‘snake’ and gord (< Slavic *gordă) ‘fortress’, ‘town’. The German name Schnackenburg appears to be derived from Low Saxon Snaak or Snack ‘snake’ (plural Snaken or Snacken) and Borg ‘fortress’, ‘town’.
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