Clenze

Clenze
Clenze
Location of Clenze within Lüchow-Dannenberg district
Coordinates	52°56′9″N 10°57′21″E / 52.93583°N 10.95583°E / 52.93583; 10.95583Coordinates: 52°56′9″N 10°57′21″E / 52.93583°N 10.95583°E / 52.93583; 10.95583
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 (27.71 sq mi)
Elevation	25 m  (82 ft)
Population	2,254 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	31 /km2 (81 /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).

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerungsfortschreibung" (in German). Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen. 31 December 2009. http://www1.nls.niedersachsen.de/statistik/html/parametereingabe.asp?DT=K1000014&CM=Bev%F6lkerungsfortschreibung.