Clenze

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Coordinates: 52°56′09″N 10°57′21″E / 52.93583, 10.95583

Clenze
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Lüchow-Dannenberg
Municipal assoc.	Lüchow (Wendland)
Local subdivisions	28 Ortsteile
Mayor	Herbert Höbermann
Basic statistics
Area	71.77 km² (27.7 sq mi)
Elevation	25 m  (82 ft)
Population	2,337  (31/12/2006)
- Density	33 /km² (84 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	DAN
Postal code	29459
Area code	05844

Clenze is a municipality in the district Lüchow-Dannenberg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 20 km northwest of Salzwedel, and 25 km east of Uelzen.

The Polabian name of Clenze is Klǫcka (spelled Cloontzka in older German reference material).

Up until November 1, 2006 Clenze was the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Clenze. It is now part of the Samtgemeinde Lüchow (Wendland).

[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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