Schnackenburg

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Schnackenburg
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Schnackenburg (Germany)
Schnackenburg
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Lüchow-Dannenberg
Municipal assoc. Gartow
Town subdivisions 4 Ortsteile
Mayor Andreas Koch
Basic statistics
Area 23.67 km² (9.1 sq mi)
Elevation 17 m  (56 ft)
Population 669  (30/06/2005)
 - Density 28 /km² (73 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate DAN
Postal code 29493
Area code 05840
Website www.gartow.de

Coordinates: 53°02′12″N 11°34′05″E / 53.03667, 11.56806

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.

The Polabian name of Schnackenburg is Godegord (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’.

[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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