Hitzacker
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| Hitzacker | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Lüchow-Dannenberg |
| Municipal assoc. | Elbtalaue |
| Town subdivisions | 12 Stadtteile |
| Mayor | Dr. Karl-Heinz Jastram (SPD) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 58.44 km² (22.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Population | 4,956 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 85 /km² (220 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | DAN |
| Postal code | 29456 |
| Area codes | 05862, 05858 (OT Pussade), 05861 (OT Kähmen) |
| Website | www.hitzacker.de |
Hitzacker is a city in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Elbe, approx. 8 km north of Dannenberg, and 45 km east of Lüneburg. The 2002 population of Hitzacker was 5,109, and its postal code is 29456. The mayor is Karl Guhl.
The famous library now in Wolfenbüttel was originally founded here by Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (who died in 1666) and was moved to its present location in 1643.
The Polabian name of Hitzacker is Ljauci (spelled Lgautztgi in older German reference material).
Hitzacker is part of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Elbtalaue.
[edit] References
- Johann Parum Schultze; Reinhold Olesch (Hrsg.): Fontes linguae Dravaenopolabicae minores et Chronica Venedica J. P. Schultzii. (= Slavistische Forschungen; Band 7). Böhlau, Köln und Graz 1967
- Christian Hennig von Jessen: Vocabularium Venedicum (oder Wendisches Wörter-Buch) (1705). Nachdruck besorgt von Reinhold Olesch. - Köln [u.a.]: Böhlau 1959 (Gewährsmann des Pastors C. Hennig von Jessen war der polabisch sprechende Bauer Johann Janieschge aus Klennow)
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