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Winsen an der Aller
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Winsen an der Aller or Winsen is a town in the district of Celle in the German state of Lower Saxony. As well as the town itself, the borough of Winsen also includes the villages of Bannetze, Meißendorf, Stedden, Südwinsen, Thören, Walle, the name of the town is derived from Wynhausen. Winsens church is dedicated to John the Baptist, because all villages with churches named after this patron saint appeared around 800 it is suspected that this was also when Winsen was founded. Today Winsen is a local recreation and holiday area and. The nature and bird reserve of Meißendorf Lakes and Bannetzer Moor is the largest stretch of water on the Lüneburg Heath covering an area of 815 hectares including 350 hectares of water. The earliest record of the Winsen mills is from 1589, the present-day post mill was built in 1732 and worked until it closed in 1929. It came into the possession of the town in 1938, the church, like the town itself, is presumed to have emerged during the missionary period in Saxony during the 9th century. The Church of St. John the Baptist was built in the 14th century as a Gothic long house, in 1822 a major expansion of the church building began, which effectively became a new building. The Junker Gate is one of the oldest still preserved historic buildings in Winsen and it used to be the entrance to the manor house. From 1691 to 1729 the Stechinelli family was enfeoffed with the estate, the gate itself forms part of Winsen’s coat of arms. The Prince’s Stones lie by a track between Winsen and Oldau and recall a decisive battle on 28 May 1388 during the Lüneburg War of Succession, according to legend two princes wounded each other mortally at this spot before they realised they were brothers. The present-day town hall was built in 1727 as a district office but had to be torn down again as the underlying ground was not sufficiently secure. It was then rebuilt in the baroque style, on 4 May 1972 the former district office, which meanwhile had been used as a pub, was given its new purpose as a town hall. Theodor Lohmann, administrative lawyer, civil servant and social reformer, was born in Winsen
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Tostedt
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Tostedt is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administration of the collective municipality which consists of 9 joint communities. Tostedt is located on the edge of Lüneburger Heide,35 km southwest of Hamburg and 55 km east of Bremen. The areas highest point of 70 meters above sea level is to be found at the entrance facing Welle, buchholz in der Nordheide Dohren Handeloh Heidenau Kakenstorf Königsmoor Otter Welle Wistedt Approximately 10,500 residents live in Tostedt. In the district of Todtglüsingen there are another 3,200 residents, the municipality of Tostedt includes the villages Tostedt, Todtglüsingen, Langeloh, Neddernhof and Wüstenhöfen and the farmyards Dreihausen and Tiefenbruch. The place Tostedt-Land belongs partly to the municipality of Tostedt and partly to the municipality of Wistedt, the first recording of Tostedt go back to 1105. In 1625 the jurisdiction was established in Tostedt, even today Tostedt is the place of a local court with jurisdiction of the trade register for the entire region of the Elbe-Weser triangle. In the house of the old post office Am Sande, where the horses were changed by the stagecoaches, the places Todtglüsingen and Tostedt were united on July 1,1972. The juniors of Wild Farmers won the German championship in 2010, there is a Tostedt shooting club, a Todtglüsingen shooting club, a tennis club and a riding club. There are two fire departments in Tostedt, the Tostedt firefighters and the firefighters Todtglüsingen which provide fire protection in place. And there is a police station, since 1973 the Töster flea market place has taken on the first weekend of October. It is the largest flea market in northern Germany, about 700 exhibitors who come from Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark, present their goods. The Advertising circle Tostedt, presents the Christmas Market, the maypole as a common festival takes place in Todtglüsingen on 1 May of the Todtglüsingen shooting club, the fire department and the sports club Todtglüsingen. There are Schützenfests in Tostedt and Todtglüsingen, the Este bike path and the Oste bike path towards Bremervörde reach the station in Tostedt. Tostedt is part of the region of Hamburg and a member of the Hamburg Transport Association HVV. The Tostedt station is a stopover of metronome railway company from Hamburg to Bremen, the station Tostedt is equipped for disabled people. From the station it is 32 minutes to the Hamburg main station and 36 minutes to the Bremen central station, Tostedt is the place of District Courts Tostedt and the seat of the collective municipality Tostedt. The public swimming pool of Tostedt is one of the few baths in Germany without charge, in Tostedt there is a workshop for handicapped and for mentally disabled people established in 1982
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Handeloh
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Handeloh is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Handeloh lies between the rivers Seeve and Este, south of Buchholz in der Nordheide, the Harburg Hills lie to the northwest and the Lüneburg Heath Nature Reserve to the southeast. The parish belongs to the municipality of Tostedt, whose seat is in the village of Tostedt. Welle Otter Undeloh Buchholz in der Nordheide Handeloh has the following sub-divisions, Handeloh, Höckel, Inzmühlen, meaning, The wagon wheel symbolises the former importance of forestry in the parish. The two wavy lines represent the rivers Este and Seeve that flow through the parish, the dense woods are portrayed by the pine tree whose four roots symbolise the four villages in the parish association. The Alte Schmiede Natural History Museum and Training School Exhibitions cover the local world, mammals and birds of North Germany, including the coasts, local amphibians. The training school hosts seminars for employees in nature conservation management, the village is served by two stations on the Heath Railway, Handeloh and Büsenbachtal. The latter also serves the village of Wörme and the Büsenbach valley walking area, in addition the station of Handeloh on the Heath Railway is the last stop within the HVV tariff zone. However since 2008 season tickets have been valid to Soltau, a manor house in Handeloh was the main setting for the 52-part TV series, Neues vom Süderhof
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Undeloh
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Undeloh is a village in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Undeloh lies on the Lüneburg Heath near its highest hill, the Wilseder Berg, jesteburg, Hanstedt, Egestorf und Bispingen The municipality or parish of Undeloh consists of 6 villages, Undeloh, Wehlen, Wesel, Meningen, Thonhof and Heimbuch. Undeloh is a destination on the heath, especially for the Hamburg region. Car, The nearest motorway exit is Egestorf on the A7, railway, The nearest railway station is at Handeloh, but there is a better train service at Buchholz. Bus, Undeloh linked by KVG regional bus lines number 4207 and 5200 and these lines belong to the Hamburg Transport Association. In addition public schoolbuses run to schools at Egestorf, Hanstedt, the name Undeloh means something like grove by the head of a stream. A small pond, the so-called Hungerteich, presumably supplied a lot of water in times of drought and could be used to water the fields, in addition tradesmen came from around the region in order to see whether it would be a dry or wet year
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Neu Wulmstorf
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Neu Wulmstorf is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It changed its name on December 11,1964 from ″Wulmstorf″ to ″Neu Wulmstorf″ and it is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. The municipality incorporates eleven villages and most of the marks the north north west outskirts of the larger natural region of the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany. The landscape is dominated by the transition from the marsh in the north to the geest in south east. On the marsh side lies the village of Rübke in the Lower Saxon Elbe marshes at sea level and the nature reserve Moore bei Buxtehude, the town of Neu Wulmstorf sits right on the transitions from the mire up to the geest. Further up, the villages Wulmstorf, Daerstorf, Schwiederstorf, Rade are marking the highest elevations of Neu Wulmstorf on the outskirts of the Harburg Hills. The villages of Ardestorf, Elstorf, Bachheide, Rade, Mienenbüttel and Ohlenbüttel lie on a stretch reaching from the north east to the end of the municipality. On December 31,2013 there were 20,384 registered people living in Neu Wulmstorf, the population roughly doubled during the past 42 years. See below for the development of the population, The relatively young town of Neu Wulmstorf grew at the intersection of two old trails. The main road connecting Rübke in the marsh with the geest villages of Wulmstorf and Elstorf intersects with the Bundesstraße 73 as the road connecting Stade. It dominates the town as it cuts through from east to west, just before the geest, the Lower Elbe Railway marked the north border of the Neu Wulmstorf village for many years, with the Neu Wulmstorf S-Bahn station. The station bore the name Daerstorf before that including the exclave on which the station was built upon. Another axis is the connection from Buxtehude to Buchholz, the first stretch of the Bundesstraße 3, intersects with the Bundesautobahn 1 at the south tip of the municipality. Neu Wulmstorf is serviced by the transit system of the city train of Hamburg with the station Neu Wulmstorf. Bus service connects Neu Wulmstorf to Hamburg-Neugraben, Neu Wulmstorf has three primary schools. Secondary schools are the Hauptschule Vossbarg, the Realschule Vierkaten and the Gymnasium Neu Wulmstorf, Neu Wulmstorf has several sporting areas including a sports centre with swimming hall in the centre of the village. These clubs provide a rich life, TVV Neu Wulmstorf TSV Elstorf BSC Neu Wulmstorf Schützenverein Neu Wulmstorf DLRG Nyergesújfalu
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Rosengarten, Lower Saxony
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Rosengarten is a rural municipality in the district of Harburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, close to Hamburg. It has a population of 13,242, established 1990 the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Guinea to Hamburg is located in Rosengarten. The village Tötensen is well known in Germany as the residence of Dieter Bohlen
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Buchholz in der Nordheide
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Buchholz in der Nordheide is the largest town in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 25 km southwest of Hamburg, Buchholz is home to the Brunsberg, the regions highest mountain. It is on the edge of the Lüneburg Heath. In 1958, Buchholz got the city charter, in 1992, Buchholz was struck by a small tornado which destroyed many trees and damaged some houses. In 2002, the temperature in Buchholz rose above 38 degrees Celsius, in 2006, Buchholz tried to set a new world-record by placing a crowd of 2000 people near the local swimming pool, forming a big heart. However, this failed because 39 people did not show up
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Jesteburg
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Jesteburg is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 25 km south of Hamburg, and 6 km east of Buchholz in der Nordheide, Jesteburg is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde Jesteburg. In Jesteburg lies the confluence of two rivers, the Schmale Aue and the Seeve. The first official mentioning of Jesteburg dates back to the year 1202, in a document signed by the Hartwig II, the castle which gave the town its name is supposed to have guarded the Seeve passage until the 13th century. Remains of this Burg have not yet been found, in 1872/73, the railroad between Buchholz in der Nordheide and Lüneburg which still runs through Jesteburg was built. During an Allied air raid on nearby Hamburg in January 1943 incendiary bombs dropped on Jesteburg. On 19 April 1945, the bridge was blown up by the Wehrmacht to slow the advance of British troops. Between 1933 and 1945 the population of Jesteburg nearly doubled, mostly due to refugees, in 1986/87, the Heimathaus was re-erected on the Niedersachsenplatz. The Heimathaus is a 450-year-old building originally from Eyendorf, the town of Jesteburg also hosts the Kunststätte Bossard, an expressionist Gesamtkunstwerk. Media related to Jesteburg at Wikimedia Commons Official website
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Bendestorf
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Bendestorf is a municipality in Lower Saxony in Germany. It is situated ca.30 km south of Hamburg and belongs to the Landkreis Harburg, the first mentioning of Bendestorf dates back to the year 970. The current population ist approximately 2000, in the post-war era Bendestorf was well known for its film-studios where movies starring Hildegard Knef and other famous German actors were produced. The Makens-Huus on Poststraße, dating back to 1640 houses the administration and the Filmmuseum. Thiemann-Scheune Wassermühle Hünengrab, a stone age graveyard from the Neolithic 2500 BC official homepage
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Seevetal
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Seevetal is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km south of Hamburg, and 15 km west of Winsen and its seat is in the village Hittfeld. It is named after the river Seeve, on July 1,1972, the administrations of 19 independent smaller municipalities were merged to form the Seevetal municipality. The St. Mauritius church in Hittfeld dates back to the 12th century, the council of the Seevetal municipality consists of 40 seats. TuS Fleestedt HSG Seevetal TSV Eintracht Hittfeld SC Seevetal VfL Maschen ESV Maschen MTV Ramelsloh PBC Seevetal e. V, - Poolbillard SV Emmelndorf TV Meckelfeld Schützenverein Moor TSV Over Bullenhausen Windsurfer Seevetal e. V
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Harburg (district)
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Harburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It takes its name from the town of Harburg upon Elbe and it is bounded by the districts of Lüneburg, Heidekreis, Rotenburg and Stade, by the City of Hamburg and the State of Schleswig-Holstein. In 1885 the Prussian government established three districts in this region, the District of Harburg, the District of Winsen and the district-free City of Harburg upon Elbe, in 1937 the City of Harburg-Wilhelmsburg was incorporated into the City of Hamburg with the Greater Hamburg Act. Harburg and Wilhelmsburg became two boroughs of Hamburg, the District of Harburg remained with the State of Prussia and retained its autonomy. Winsen upon Luhe became the new capital of the District in 1944, the District is located south of Hamburg and includes several suburbs of the Hamburg metropolitan area. In the south of the part of the Lüneburg Heath is found. The lion was the animal of the Welfen family and the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg. The key is from the arms of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, media related to Landkreis Harburg at Wikimedia Commons Official site
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Lower Saxony
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Lower Saxony is a German state situated in northwestern Germany and is second in area, with 47,624 square kilometres, and fourth in population among the sixteen Länder of Germany. In rural areas Northern Low Saxon, a dialect of Low German, and Saterland Frisian, a variety of Frisian, are still spoken, but the number of speakers is declining. Lower Saxony borders on the North Sea, the states of Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Netherlands. Furthermore, the state of Bremen forms two enclaves within Lower Saxony, one being the city of Bremen, the other, its city of Bremerhaven. In fact, Lower Saxony borders more neighbours than any other single Bundesland, the states principal cities include the state capital Hanover, Braunschweig, Lüneburg, Osnabrück, Oldenburg, Hildesheim, Wolfenbüttel, Wolfsburg and Göttingen. The northwestern area of Lower Saxony, which lies on the coast of the North Sea, is called East Frisia, in the extreme west of Lower Saxony is the Emsland, a traditionally poor and sparsely populated area, once dominated by inaccessible swamps. The northern half of Lower Saxony, also known as the North German Plains, is almost invariably flat except for the hills around the Bremen geestland. Towards the south and southwest lie the northern parts of the German Central Uplands, the Weser Uplands, between these two lie the Lower Saxon Hills, a range of low ridges. Thus, Lower Saxony is the only Bundesland that encompasses both maritime and mountainous areas, Lower Saxonys major cities and economic centres are mainly situated in its central and southern parts, namely Hanover, Braunschweig, Osnabrück, Wolfsburg, Salzgitter, Hildesheim and Göttingen. Oldenburg, near the coastline, is another economic centre. To the north, the Elbe river separates Lower Saxony from Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the banks just south of the Elbe are known as Altes Land. Due to its local climate and fertile soil, it is the states largest area of fruit farming. Most of the territory was part of the historic Kingdom of Hanover. It was created by the merger of the State of Hanover with several states in 1946. Lower Saxony has a boundary in the north in the North Sea. The state and city of Bremen is an enclave surrounded by Lower Saxony. The Bremen/Oldenburg Metropolitan Region is a body for the enclave area. To the southeast the state border runs through the Harz, low mountains that are part of the German Central Uplands, in northeast Lower Saxony is Lüneburg Heath
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Rotenburg (district)
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Rotenburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is landlocked by the districts of Stade, Harburg, Heidekreis, Verden, Osterholz, in medieval times the region was part of the bishoprics of Bremen and Verden. After the Protestant Reformation the bishoprics became secular principalities, colloquially called Bremen-Verden, the present district was established in 1977 by merging the former districts of Rotenburg and Bremervörde. The Wümme River runs through the district from east to west, the marshy area to both sides of the river is called the Wümmeniederung
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Heidekreis
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Heidekreis is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Harburg, Lüneburg, Uelzen, Celle, Hanover, Nienburg, Verden, historically the region belonged to the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg and its successor states. The district was established in 1977 by merging the districts of Soltau. On 1 August 2011 it was renamed to Heidekreis, the district includes the western half of the Lüneburg Heath. Since this landscape is so characteristic for the district, it itself the Heath District. The capital is Bad Fallingbostel, although it has only 11,800 inhabitants and is only the fifth largest town in the district, there are es 26 nature reserves in the county of Soltau-Fallingbostel. The largest one has an area of 13,222 ha in the territory of the county of Soltau-Fallingbostel, there are four Jewish cemeteries in Soltau-Fallingbostel, in Ahlden, Rethem, Soltau und Walsrode. There are protected cultural monuments – stone witnesses to former Jewish communities, the cemeteries are mainly on the edge of parishes. Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region Media related to Landkreis Soltau-Fallingbostel at Wikimedia Commons Official website
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Stade (district)
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Stade is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has its seat in Stade and is bounded by the districts of Harburg, Rotenburg and Cuxhaven, the Elbe River, the district of Stade was established in 1932 by merging three smaller precursor districts. The district is situated at the banks of the Elbe River. The western border of the district is the Oste, a tributary of the Elbe. The land between the Oste and the town of Stade is traditionally called Kehdingen, the area to the east of Stade is known as the Altes Land. It is characterised by thousands of fruit-trees
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Hamburg
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Hamburg, officially Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, is the second largest city in Germany and the eighth largest city in the European Union. It is the second smallest German state by area and its population is over 1.7 million people, and the wider Hamburg Metropolitan Region covers more than 5.1 million inhabitants. The city is situated on the river Elbe, the official long name reflects Hamburgs history as a member of the medieval Hanseatic League, a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire, a city-state, and one of the 16 states of Germany. Before the 1871 Unification of Germany, it was a sovereign state. Prior to the changes in 1919, the civic republic was ruled by a class of hereditary grand burghers or Hanseaten. Though repeatedly destroyed by the Great Fire of Hamburg, the floods and military conflicts including WW2 bombing raids, the city managed to recover and emerge wealthier after each catastrophe. On the river Elbe, Hamburg is a port and a global service, media, logistics and industrial hub, with headquarters and facilities of Airbus, Blohm + Voss, Aurubis, Beiersdorf. The radio and television broadcaster NDR, Europes largest printing and publishing firm Gruner + Jahr, Hamburg has been an important financial centre for centuries, and is the seat of Germanys oldest stock exchange and the worlds second oldest bank, Berenberg Bank. The city is a fast expanding tourist destination for domestic and international visitors. It ranked 16th in the world for livability in 2015, the ensemble Speicherstadt and Kontorhausviertel was declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in 2015. Hamburg is a major European science, research and education hub with several universities and institutes and its creative industries and major cultural venues include the renowned Elbphilharmonie and Laeisz concert halls, various art venues, music producers and artists. It is regarded as a haven for artists, gave birth to movements like Hamburger Schule. Hamburg is also known for theatres and a variety of musical shows. St. Paulis Reeperbahn is among the best known European entertainment districts, Hamburg is on the southern point of the Jutland Peninsula, between Continental Europe to the south and Scandinavia to the north, with the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the north-east. It is on the River Elbe at its confluence with the Alster, the city centre is around the Binnenalster and Außenalster, both formed by damming the River Alster to create lakes. The island of Neuwerk and two neighbouring islands Scharhörn and Nigehörn, in the Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park, are also part of Hamburg. The neighbourhoods of Neuenfelde, Cranz, Francop and Finkenwerder are part of the Altes Land region, neugraben-Fischbek has Hamburgs highest elevation, the Hasselbrack at 116.2 metres AMSL. Hamburg has a climate, influenced by its proximity to the coast
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Schleswig-Holstein
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Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig. Its capital city is Kiel, other cities are Lübeck. Also known in more dated English as Sleswick-Holsatia, the Danish name is Slesvig-Holsten, the Low German name is Sleswig-Holsteen, historically, the name can also refer to a larger region, containing both present-day Schleswig-Holstein and the former South Jutland County in Denmark. The term Holstein derives from Old Saxon Holseta Land, originally, it referred to the central of the three Saxon tribes north of the River Elbe, Tedmarsgoi, Holstein and Sturmarii. The area of the tribe of the Holsts was between the Stör River and Hamburg, and after Christianization, their church was in Schenefeld. Saxon Holstein became a part of the Holy Roman Empire after Charlemagnes Saxon campaigns in the eighth century. Since 811, the frontier of Holstein was marked by the River Eider. The term Schleswig comes from the city of Schleswig, around 1100, the Duke of Saxony gave Holstein, as it was his own country, to Count Adolf I of Schauenburg. Schleswig and Holstein have at different times belonged in part or completely to either Denmark or Germany, the exception is that Schleswig had never been part of Germany until the Second Schleswig War in 1864. For many centuries, the King of Denmark was both a Danish Duke of Schleswig and a German Duke of Holstein, essentially, Schleswig was either integrated into Denmark or was a Danish fief, and Holstein was a German fief and once a sovereign state long ago. Both were for centuries ruled by the kings of Denmark. In the church, following the reformation, German was used in the part of Schleswig. This would later prove decisive for shaping national sentiments in the population, the administration of both duchies was conducted in German, despite the fact that they were governed from Copenhagen. The German national awakening that followed the Napoleonic Wars gave rise to a popular movement in Holstein. This development was paralleled by an equally strong Danish national awakening in Denmark and this movement called for the complete reintegration of Schleswig into the Kingdom of Denmark and demanded an end to discrimination against Danes in Schleswig. The ensuing conflict is called the Schleswig-Holstein Question. e. Not only in the Kingdom of Denmark, but also to Danes living in Schleswig, furthermore, they demanded protection for the Danish language in Schleswig. A liberal constitution for Holstein was not seriously considered in Copenhagen and these demands were rejected by the Danish government in 1848, and the Germans of Holstein and southern Schleswig rebelled
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Tespe
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Tespe is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Situated on the bank of the river Elbe, it abuts on the district of Lüneburg at the south. Tespe is 5 km southeast of Geesthacht and about 30 kilometres southeast of Hamburg, the municipalities Tespe, Marschacht and Drage together form the Samtgemeinde Elbmarsch. On the opposite bank of the Elbe lies the Krümmel Nuclear Power Plant, the beautiful landscape of Tespe is attracting many visitors every year
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Marschacht
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Marschacht is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It completes the Samtgemeinde Elbmarsch with Tespe and Drage, Marschacht is only a few kilometres far away from Geesthacht. 1216, First documentary mention of the settlement as Hachede, then a part of Saxony, a change in the course of the Elbe cuts the settlement into two, Geesthacht and Marschacht
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